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There are several claims to the derivation of the word, most being contractions of common phrases.

The artillary officer's call 'beware before' prior to firing.

The call to a caddy, forward of play, whose job it was to search for the ball.

A reference to the Gaelic Faugh a Ballach!: clear the way.

Or even the prosaic 'forewarned is forearmed'.

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