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Feb. 27, 2017
bumbershoot\BUHM-ber-shoot\noun
1. Informal: Often Facetious. an umbrella.
QuotesDon't try to hurry the job--it may take hours of intermittent
attention to put such abumbershoot back in working order. Next time, be
sure the umbrella is dry before you close it.
-- , "How to Repair an Umbrella," Popular Science, April 1957
Origin of bumbershootBumbershoot entered English in the late 1800s.
Bumber- is a facetious alteration ofumbrella and -shoot is a respelling
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