parapluie
Example Sentences
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Noticing that his Lordship had no defence against the weather, I ventured to offer the Peer my parapluie.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 by Various
Or his French successor, the nobleman in "The Grand Duchess," who inquires, in plaintive accents, for "Le parapluie de ma mere," just after Schneider has been declaiming about her father's sabre?
From Umbrellas and Their History by William Sangster
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 Bert Leston Taylor
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
Nevertheless, Plooie prowled about, uttering his cracked and lugubrious cry in the forlorn hope of picking up a parapluie to raccommode.
From From a Bench in Our Square by Samuel Hopkins Adams
