Definition for: bumbershoot

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English

Alternative spellings

• bumberchute rare

Etymology

Apparently a variation on UMBrella + paraCHUTE; primarily British usage

Noun

bumbershoot ( plural bumbershoots )

1. ( archaic ) A whimsical term for an umbrella.

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

Quotations

• 1912 , L. Frank Baum, Sky Island

  "It--it belongs in our family," said Button-Bright, beginning to eat and speaking between bites. "This umbrella has been in our family years, an' years, an' years. But it was tucked away up in our attic an' no one ever used it 'cause it wasn't pretty."

  "Don't blame 'em much," remarked Cap'n Bill, gazing at it curiously. "It's a pretty old-lookin' bumbershoot ."

• 1968 , Ian Flemming, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

  "Me ol' bamboo, me ol' bamboo, you'd better never bother with me ol' bamboo, you can have me hat or me bumbershoot , but you'd better never bother with me ol' bamboo."

Other Translations for "bumbershoot"

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Binary		1100010 1110101 1101101 1100010 1100101 1110010 1110011 1101000 1101111 1101111 1110100
Hex		62756D62657273686F6F74
Pig Latin		umbershootbay

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