| 单词 | to make the gardyloo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make the gardyloo A warning cry uttered (in old Edinburgh) before throwing dirty water from the window into the street. to make the gardyloo: to throw the dirty water out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warning cry [interjection] > other spec. wardererec1405 murder?a1500 fire1534 gardyloo1771 cheesa1955 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 135 It comes against you without crying garde d'eau.] 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 227 The whole cargo is flung out of a back window..and the maid calls gardy loo to the passengers. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Jordeloo. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 44 She had made the gardy-loo out of the wrang window. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 14 The overwhelming cataract of her questions, which burst forth with the sublimity of a grand gardyloo. 1858 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (1860) 1st Ser. 260 The wellknown cry which preceded the missile and warned the passenger was Garde loo! < as lemmas |
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