bumbershoot

Example Sentences

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And the digital archive of the Times of London, comprising 7,696,959 articles published between 1785 and 1985, yields precisely zero hits for bumbershoot.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

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

In my recent article about Americans using more Britishisms, I wondered aloud, "Why have we adopted laddish while we didn't adopt telly or bumbershoot?"

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

Cheerful Charlie ducks under the nearest awning, buys a bumbershoot, strolls on his way.

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