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au reservoir

au reservoir interjection: au revoir.

Interjection

  1. (humorous) Au revoir.
    • “Adieu-au reservoir” (as an ambitious artist once remarked)1855, A Month at Malvern under the Water-cure. With the sequel, etc. Third edition. Reconsidered, rewritten
    • "Let her go, Gallagher. I've got everything on skids, even the presses. Au revoir—or perhaps one should say, Au reservoir."1914, Francis Lynde, The City of Numbered Days, Scribner's, page 330

Origin of au reservoir

Humorous alteration of au revoir after reservoir.

Questions about au reservoir

What does au reservoir mean?
Au reservoir means au revoir.
What part of speech is au reservoir?
Au reservoir is an interjection.

Words near au reservoir in the dictionary

  1. au jus
  2. au mieux
  3. au naturel
  4. au pair
  5. au pairs
  6. au reservoir
  7. au revoir
  8. Au Train
  9. Au.D.
  10. aua
  11. AUASS

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