(Britain, historical) A person whose job was to go from house to house in the early morning and wake up workers by tapping on the bedroom window with a long pole or similarly convenient implement.

Nonsense; gibberish; twaddle. / Poor writing; text that is imprecise, weak, or overly informal. / A quantity of worthless things; mess. / Watery food or drink that is of inferior quality.

plural of escargatoire

(rare) Unflappability.