bumbershoot

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I hypothesize that bumbershoot became a faux Britishism because of a confluence of factors.

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

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

I opened my eyes, and the umbrella—or the bumbershoot, or whatever it was—had vanished.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate