brolly
Americannoun
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brollies
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of brolly
1870–75; alteration of (um)brell(a) + -y 2
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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
Also, don’t expect Americans to take you seriously if you refer to your umbrella as a brolly, and don’t attempt to call it a bumbershoot unless you can lend the term a Benedict Cumberbatch lilt.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2014
“Sandwiches and brolly are in my rucksack,” says Colin.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
"We had brollies and I wore my dress under a coat," she adds.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024
As the downpour caused the umbrella crop to sprout, the wind caused pedestrians to tighten grips on their hats and hoods as well as those brollies.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
Both men documented in London the processions of bankers, with their bowler hats and brollies; the crowds of working people, carrying coal or geese; and most of all, the fog, which powders their black-and-white prints.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
BST08:19 Uh oh, there are a few brollies out and James Keothavong, the chair umpire and brother of the retired British player Anne, is looking slightly perturbed.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2015
“Rain and brollies provide good cover. We’ll sneak out through the back of the building. It’s too dangerous going out the front. We can’t risk Fleetwood following and discovering that I’m staying in Bletchley.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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