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It means 'watch out for the water'. In French medieval times, they used chamber pots to urinate or defecate in the bedrooms. When full they would throw the contents out of the window calling 'Gardez l'eau' to fore-warn passers-by. In English this was corrupted to Gardy-loo, whence we get the word loo for a toilet.

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