parapluie

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Il ne vole pas, ordinairement; il fait rarement meme des echanges de parapluie, et jamais de chapeau, parceque son chapeau a toujours un caractere specifique.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

On our asking him how he liked the hydropathic system, he replied, "Oh, mais c'est charmant, mon ami; I always take my parapluie wid me into de bath."

From Umbrellas and Their History by Sangster, William

So, touching my hat with some playfulness, I said, "Monsieur, vous voulez perdre votre parapluie."

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

I explained that I had given the French gentleman a caution as to his parapluie, to which I pointed as sticking out of his pocket.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Or his French successor, the nobleman in "The Grand Duchess," who inquires, in plaintive accents, for "Le parapluie de ma mere," just after Schneider has been declaiming about her father's sabre?

From Umbrellas and Their History by Sangster, William