brolly
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of brolly
1870–75; alteration of (um)brell(a) + -y 2
Example Sentences
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"Then I bought a brolly from Amazon which said it was waterproof and was lace and was really small and I just thought yeah that's the cherry on top."
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023
Bigger, longer and — at an interminable 141 minutes — apparently uncut, “Circle” is an emotionally sterile lark, its wounds inflicted with brolly and bullwhip, a smirk and a shrug.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2017
If Watford and Leicester are safely housed in form then Norwich and Swansea are out in swirling rain, leaves blowing in their face and brolly inside-out.
From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2015
With the movement having taken on the sobriquet of the Umbrella Revolution, the raincoat-clad Paddington Bear is showing up on protest-zone posters too, brolly in hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2014
Hellfire raining down on her out of the sky and she held it off with a brolly.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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