bumbershoot
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
My research has actually led me to propose a year when bumbershoot changed from U.S. regional slang to presumed Britishism: 1939.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
A book published that year, War Propaganda and U.S., noted: "To many upper-class Americans there was nothing so thrilling as having an Englishman around the house, complete with Oxford accent, school tie, and bumbershoot."
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
I hypothesize that bumbershoot became a faux Britishism because of a confluence of factors.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
There wasn't a bumbershoot of any description on the Lyric stage.
From Time Magazine Archive
I opened my eyes, and the umbrella—or the bumbershoot, or whatever it was—had vanished.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
