au reservoir

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Humorous alteration of au revoir after reservoir.

Interjection

[edit]

au reservoir

  1. (humorous) Au revoir.
    • 1855, A Month at Malvern under the Water-cure. With the sequel, etc. Third edition. Reconsidered, rewritten[1]:
      “Adieu-au reservoir” (as an ambitious artist once remarked)
    • 1914, Francis Lynde, The City of Numbered Days, Scribner's, page 330:
      "Let her go, Gallagher. I've got everything on skids, even the presses. Au revoir—or perhaps one should say, Au reservoir."
    • 1917, McClure's Magazine ...[2], volume 50, S. S. McClure, Limited:
      They could be heard shouting jocosely to one another across the street: "Bon sewer, monsewer!" "Au reservoir!" Jack thought.