parapluie
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So, touching my hat with some playfulness, I said, "Monsieur, vous voulez perdre votre parapluie."
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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
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
Noticing that his Lordship had no defence against the weather, I ventured to offer the Peer my parapluie.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 by Various
Imagine the parallel case of an invalid carrying a heavy modern carriage umbrella, and then you have some sort of an idea of the tax Hanway’s parapluie must have been upon his strength.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
