bumbershoot

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In the early '90s, the writers of Frasier used the notion of bumbershoot-as-Britishism to underpin this exchange between the anglophile Niles and his English crush, Daphne: Niles: Take my bumbershoot.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

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

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 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