Meaning

1 senses
  1. (humorous, slang)An umbrella.

    It smells like rain. Perhaps we should take along a bumbershoot.

Origin

Probably from bumber + shoot, modifications of umbr(ella) + (para)chute. Compare umbershoo

Probably from bumber + shoot, modifications of umbr(ella) + (para)chute. Compare umbershoot.

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Forms

plural: bumbershoots

Synonyms

2 synonyms
gampbrolly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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