bumbershoot

Example Sentences

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But that standard has a decidedly old school feel to it, conjuring up an image of, say, an English gentleman like John Steed with a bumbershoot and a bowler hat.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2022

My research has actually led me to propose a year when bumbershoot changed from U.S. regional slang to presumed Britishism: 1939.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

Third, the fact that bumbershoot sort of sounds British.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

There wasn't a bumbershoot of any description on the Lyric stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

I opened my eyes, and the umbrella—or the bumbershoot, or whatever it was—had vanished.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate