bumbershoot

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A whimsical term for an umbrella

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..

{i} (amusing Slang) umbrella
bumbershoot

    Hyphenation

    bum·ber·shoot

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Apparently a variation on UMBrella + paraCHUTE; primarily British usage. Others note that it is definitely not British in origin; see: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bum2.htm.
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