brolly
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Bigger, longer and — at an interminable 141 minutes — apparently uncut, “Circle” is an emotionally sterile lark, its wounds inflicted with brolly and bullwhip, a smirk and a shrug.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2017
With the movement having taken on the sobriquet of the Umbrella Revolution, the raincoat-clad Paddington Bear is showing up on protest-zone posters too, brolly in hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2014
Also, don’t expect Americans to take you seriously if you refer to your umbrella as a brolly, and don’t attempt to call it a bumbershoot unless you can lend the term a Benedict Cumberbatch lilt.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2014
A few made an effort: a lady sat on a deckchair on Westminster Bridge reading her Daily Mail with one hand and holding a brolly over her head with the other.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2012
“Sandwiches and brolly are in my rucksack,” says Colin.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
As the downpour caused the umbrella crop to sprout, the wind caused pedestrians to tighten grips on their hats and hoods as well as those brollies.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
Both men documented in London the processions of bankers, with their bowler hats and brollies; the crowds of working people, carrying coal or geese; and most of all, the fog, which powders their black-and-white prints.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
Towards the end, a huge downpour brought out macs and brollies, but the vast crowd stayed for the duration and sang their hearts out.
From Time ● Jul. 7, 2014
In the summer, the brollies are used as parasols.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2014
Goosey-goosey girls turned and tittered under their brollies.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
