bumbershoot

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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

I hypothesize that bumbershoot became a faux Britishism because of a confluence of factors.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

In my recent article about Americans using more Britishisms, I wondered aloud, "Why have we adopted laddish while we didn't adopt telly or bumbershoot?"

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