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brolly

[brol-ee] / ˈbrɒl i /


NOUN
umbrella
Synonyms


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Wandering onto the crunch of the courtyard gravel of the Elysee Palace in Paris, the president and the prime minister shared smiles and a brolly.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2023

Bigger, longer and — at an interminable 141 minutes — apparently uncut, “Circle” is an emotionally sterile lark, its wounds inflicted with brolly and bullwhip, a smirk and a shrug.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2017

If Watford and Leicester are safely housed in form then Norwich and Swansea are out in swirling rain, leaves blowing in their face and brolly inside-out.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2015

With the movement having taken on the sobriquet of the Umbrella Revolution, the raincoat-clad Paddington Bear is showing up on protest-zone posters too, brolly in hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2014

“Rummy! Don’t be soft. Poker. We’ll play for ciggies. For gosh sakes, put that brolly down, Brodatt, are you completely bonkers?”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

As the downpour caused the umbrella crop to sprout, the wind caused pedestrians to tighten grips on their hats and hoods as well as those brollies.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023

Both men documented in London the processions of bankers, with their bowler hats and brollies; the crowds of working people, carrying coal or geese; and most of all, the fog, which powders their black-and-white prints.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021

They mingled with nuns dressed in all-white robes, sitting under the shade of their own black brollies.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2015

Towards the end, a huge downpour brought out macs and brollies, but the vast crowd stayed for the duration and sang their hearts out.

From Time ● Jul. 7, 2014

Goosey-goosey girls turned and tittered under their brollies.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell


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