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brolly

[ brol-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, British Informal.

, plural brol·lies.

brolly

/ ˈbrɒlɪ /

Origin of brolly¹

1870–75; alteration of (um)brell(a) + -y ²

He is also walking away from the News International board, the London corporate brolly for all his U.K. newspapers.

Parties are wonderful partial to prodding with brolly or walking-stick, ah yes, and rifles.

An' I nearly broke Beetle's brolly plantin' her where she would blossom!

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