parapluie

Example Sentences

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She was climbing up, or climbing down, perplexed equally, as I gather, by the management of her parapluie and of her—enfin, her petticoats.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

Five minutes afterward Bazin set off on a full trot, urging on his horse by the blows of a parapluie, which he was in the habit of using instead of a riding whip.

From Twenty Years After by Dumas père, Alexandre

I explained that I had given the French gentleman a caution as to his parapluie, to which I pointed as sticking out of his pocket.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

There are, indeed, many French suggestions in Cologne, and in the shops they still sometimes call an umbrella a parapluie.

From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur

On our asking him how he liked the hydropathic system, he replied, "Oh, mais c'est charmant, mon ami; I always take my parapluie wid me into de bath."

From Umbrellas and Their History by Sangster, William