bumbershoot
Example Sentences
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I hypothesize that bumbershoot became a faux Britishism because of a confluence of factors.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
And the digital archive of the Times of London, comprising 7,696,959 articles published between 1785 and 1985, yields precisely zero hits for bumbershoot.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
Author Duggan seems to suggest that, given a bowler and bumbershoot to go with his tidy, official face, Felix might patter along Downing Street without winning a second glance.”
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
Cheerful Charlie ducks under the nearest awning, buys a bumbershoot, strolls on his way.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the men, he shrugged and joked, “One must stay a step ahead of the weather. Wouldn’t do to be caught in the rain without a bumbershoot, what?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
