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gardyloointerjection
Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below.
Webster Dictionary
Gardyloonoun
an old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh
Etymology: [F. gare l'eau beware of the water.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gardyloo
gär′di-lōō, n. the old warning cry of housewives in Edinburgh before throwing their slops out of the window into the street. [Pseudo-Fr. gare de l'eau—should be gare l'eau, 'beware of the water.']
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gardyloo in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gardyloo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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