brolly
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In the former, she glides down into a picturesque London on the end of a parrot-handled brolly.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2020
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
Even an umbrella that clipped to her wheelchair was much more expensive then a regular brolly, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2014
Hellfire raining down on her out of the sky and she held it off with a brolly.
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
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
Goosey-goosey girls turned and tittered under their brollies.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
