Gardyloo (interjection)
gah-dee-loo
a cry formerly used in Britain to warn pedestrians when slops were about to be thrown from an upstairs window.
1760–70; Anglicized form of French gare ( de ) l’eau beware of the water
Example sentences
“Gardyloo! Watch out below.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
