parapluie

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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

Imagine the parallel case of an invalid carrying a heavy modern carriage umbrella, and then you have some sort of an idea of the tax Hanway’s parapluie must have been upon his strength.

From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

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

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 Adams, Samuel Hopkins

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