umbrellaless
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a word derived from
umbrella.
umbrellanouna light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
Example Sentences
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It was pouring with rain; I was umbrellaless and drenched.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 10, 2012
Hands were hidden in the pockets of the umbrellaless; umbrellas were up.
From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser
He stands umbrellaless in the rain of all its idiosyncrasies.
From Walking-Stick Papers by Robert Cortes Holliday
When she got there, she found that places of vantage were already occupied to their utmost capacity by umbrellaless folk like herself.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte
I went to the post office, and as I stood on the steps, umbrellaless, hesitating before plunging into the slushy road, a little, hesitating voice seemed to come from under my elbow.
From In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield