Lexicographical Neighbors of Jordeloo
Literary usage of Jordeloo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"... jordeloo. A cry which servants in the higher stories in Edinburgh give, after
ten o'clock at night, when they throw their dirty water, &c, ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"jordeloo (3 syl.). Notice given to passengers when dirty water was thrown from
chamber windows into the street. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1862)
"... and the streets and closes resounded with one universal cry, Gardyloo I Dr
Jamieson, in his Dictionary, gives the word as jordeloo : I doubt if any such ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"jordeloo. A cry which servants in the higher stories in Edinburgh were wont to
give, after ten at night, when they threw their dirty water, tc., ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"jordeloo, aery which servants in the higher stories in Edinburgh were wont to
give, after ten at night, when they threw their dirty water, ..."
6. Residential Flats of All Classes, Including Artisans' Dwellings: A Practical by Sydney Perks (1905)
"According to Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary, " Garde de 1'eau " had been corrupted
into "jordeloo," which he defines as "a cry which servants in the higher ..."
7. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"A Blight Inclination to one side, Луга. jordeloo. A cry which servants in the
higher stories in Edinburgh were wont U> give, after ten at night, ..."
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