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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: colloquial terms for an umbrella [syn: gamp, brolly]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural brollies) Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: circa 1874 chiefly British umbrella

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) Brit. 1 colloq. an umbrella. 2 sl. a parachute. Etymology: abbr.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(brollies) A brolly is the same as an umbrella. (BRIT INFORMAL) N-COUNT





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