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Example sentences for: eau

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The word first gained general usage in Britain during World War II, and possibly came about as a result of fraternizing with French troops, perhaps as a corruption of l'eau (water) or lieux d'aisance (Water-closet), or even as a derivation of the cry ( Garde á l'eau! , given to warn passerby that someone above was about to slop out (the anglicised form, gardyloo ! , occurs in this context in a novel by Tobias Smollett as early as 1771).
She dabs some rouge on her cheeks and eau de toilette on her neck.
(derived from the French “Guarde de l’eau! ”
This is on a par with the attribution of leave me be to a Celtic origin having something to do with a warning against raiding hives or the ascription of the origin of the name of an obscene prosthetic device to a woman from Water Isle (the Duchess d'Île d'eau ).
Also some ethnic groups tend to go in for excessive eau de whatever, sometimes instead of bathing.