bumbershoot

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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

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

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

From Slate • Nov. 4, 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