bumbershoot

Example Sentences

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Author Duggan seems to suggest that, given a bowler and bumbershoot to go with his tidy, official face, Felix might patter along Downing Street without winning a second glance.”

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

Third, the fact that bumbershoot sort of sounds British.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

Why have we adopted laddish while we didn't adopt telly or bumbershoot?

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2011

The Queen balanced a royal bumbershoot, but President Tubman had only his black topper to ward off the downpour as he waved to the smattering of onlookers along their route.

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