parapluie

Example Sentences

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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

She was climbing up, or climbing down, perplexed equally, as I gather, by the management of her parapluie and of her—enfin, her petticoats.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

Five minutes afterward Bazin set off on a full trot, urging on his horse by the blows of a parapluie, which he was in the habit of using instead of a riding whip.

From Twenty Years After by Dumas père, Alexandre

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

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various

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