bumbershoot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bumbershoot
First recorded in 1895–1900; bumber-, a facetious alteration of umbrella + -shoot, respelling of -chute in parachute
Example Sentences
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But that standard has a decidedly old school feel to it, conjuring up an image of, say, an English gentleman like John Steed with a bumbershoot and a bowler hat.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2022
And the digital archive of the Times of London, comprising 7,696,959 articles published between 1785 and 1985, yields precisely zero hits for bumbershoot.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011
A book published that year, War Propaganda and U.S., noted: "To many upper-class Americans there was nothing so thrilling as having an Englishman around the house, complete with Oxford accent, school tie, and bumbershoot."
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011
Cheerful Charlie ducks under the nearest awning, buys a bumbershoot, strolls on his way.
From Time Magazine Archive
I opened my eyes, and the umbrella—or the bumbershoot, or whatever it was—had vanished.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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