brolly
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And remember, back in March there was bromance under a shared brolly when Rishi Sunak headed to Paris, for what he described as an "entente renewed" and the President said was a "reunion".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023
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
“Rummy! Don’t be soft. Poker. We’ll play for ciggies. For gosh sakes, put that brolly down, Brodatt, are you completely bonkers?”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
"We had brollies and I wore my dress under a coat," she adds.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024
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
For now, the brollies are up in SW19, although the rain is not predicted to last long.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2021
Goosey-goosey girls turned and tittered under their brollies.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
