Meaning of gardy loo | Babel Free

Definitions

Interjection. [B2]

Examples

“[A]ll the chairs in the family are emptied into this here barrel once a-day; and at ten o'clock at night the whole cargo is flung out of a back windore that looks into some street or lane, and the maid calls Gardy loo to the passengers, which signifies, Lord have⟳ mercy upon you! and this is done every night in every house at Haddingborough; so you may guess⟳, Mary Jones, what a sweet savour comes from such a number⟳ of profuming pans […]”

“Aunt nell the patter flash⟳ and gardy loo! / Bijou, she trolls, bold on lallies / slick as stripes down the Dilly.”

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