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brolly
[ brol-ee ]
/ ˈbrɒl i /
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noun, plural brol·lies.British Informal.
an umbrella.
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Origin of brolly
1870–75; alteration of (um)brell(a) + -y2
Words nearby brolly
brokerage, broker-dealer, brokered convention, broking, brolga, brolly, brom-, bromal, bromance, bromantic, bromate
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How to use brolly in a sentence
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!
Stalky & Co.|Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for brolly
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