brolly

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

Ray says John F Kennedy liked a Malacca cane handle with a gold collar on his brolly when he was US president.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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

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

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

“Rain and brollies provide good cover. We’ll sneak out through the back of the building. It’s too dangerous going out the front. We can’t risk Fleetwood following and discovering that I’m staying in Bletchley.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin