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

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 Sangster, William

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

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

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