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gardyloo

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Gar`dy`loo´
n.1.An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh.
gardyloo - A warning cry derived from French gare de l'eau, "beware of the water"—referring to the water and slops that were once thrown by servants from higher stories of a building onto the street.
See also related terms for servants.
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It would be really easy to slip over the edge of Gardyloo Gully while you're being blown and battered and pushed off the track.
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King Gardyloo had wanted Violet to be his queen but she had rejected his offer, even though Mugwort the jester had threatened to tickle her till she agreed to the bargain.
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Trail omitted the first bearing of 231 degrees, which leads you away from Gardyloo Gully and only printed the second dogleg bearing that leads you off the summit.
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