Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British An umbrella.
Wiktionary
- n. UK, New Zealand, informal Umbrella.
WordNet 3.0
- n. colloquial terms for an umbrella
Etymologies
- From umbrella, by contraction, + -y (diminutive). (Wiktionary)
- Shortening and alteration of umbrella. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“June 8, 2009 at 3: 09 pm hullo Denny – wanted to know, beyond winning the blighty brolly, is there a legit way to get one?”
UKTV’s Blighty and British Designer Ted Baker Join Forces « Art & Business of Motion
“Defence chiefs axed another 7,000 civilian jobs today in a massacre of the so-called brolly brigade.”
“New stem cell treatment hope for MS sufferers Multiple sclerosis sufferers have been given fresh hope as London doctors announced a pioneering stem cell trial 7,000 more jobs cut in MoD war on overspending Defence chiefs axed another 7,000 civilian jobs in a massacre of the so-called brolly brigade Shopkeeper pistol-whipped and knifed by robbers attacks 'lenient' sentences A store owner who along with his son fought off two armed robbers told today of his disgust at the 'lenient' sentences given to the pair Terror suspect sent to Midlands loses appeal to return to London A terror suspect banned from London over allegations of plotting a 'Mumbai-style' attack has lost a High Court bid to be allowed to return...”
“Fans' fury as the BBC sacrifices Formula One to save Wimbledon Corporation decides to give up half of their races from 2012 7,000 more jobs cut in MoD war on overspending Defence chiefs axed another 7,000 civilian jobs in a massacre of the so-called brolly brigade Police helicopter noise blights our lives, say West End residents West End residents say their lives are being blighted by the near constant drone of police helicopters MPs at loggerheads over move to cut Olympia Tube services Two London MPs at odds over plans to stop running Tube services to and from Kensington Olympia on weekdays to free up trains, track and...”
“Expecting more people to party at home, Bass Pale Ale, owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, is distributing more "brolly" bar tools for pouring Black & Tans — a drink with light-colored ale at the bottom and dark Guinness on top.”
“And it included even his clothes and boots and collar, the ridiculous hat upon the peg, the unsightly "brolly" in the dingy corner.”
“Many of these storms bubble up during August and September, so keep your brolly handy.”
“Rizzle Kicks, under a brolly, considering movie hardmen.”
“A cagoule and brolly might seem sufficient but to be safe it might be best to take along a small boat.”
“Steve McClaren deserves all the credit in the world for putting away the brolly and working hard overseas to restore his reputation significantly, yet Sir Trevor Brooking may have been a tad premature in installing him as favourite to succeed Fabio Capello.”
The Guardian: Tackling is still nowhere as hard as in the bad old days
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘brolly’.
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henryar's list
marmoleum, menagerie, cyan, ochre, pilfer, discombobulate, loquacious, iridescent, amethyst, derelict, botulism, equilibrium and 240 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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British English that's not in America...
British English that's not in American English
dummy, ta, answerphone, first fifteen soccer, first eleven cricket, shirty, fag, Black Monday, filter coffee, woolyback, motoring, loo and 20 more...
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Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
opprobrium, tedium, encomium, odium, ire, enmity, beguile, wile, brazen, popinjay, squit, hoity-toity and 1161 more...
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O! Timballo
for the same
tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 226 more...
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madmelanie's Words
monkey, folderol, snark, snarky, flibbertigibbet, faith, asshat, pirouette, avuncular, exegesis, memento mori, verisimilitude and 379 more...
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artoparts's Words
illation, finite, edify, abide, abrade, vouch, amiss, vociferate, perusing, techantiquery, rigamarole, holon and 615 more...
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kewpid's Words
moleskine, araldite, dessicate, cellar door, grotesque, fallacy, vendetta, raindrop, panacea, ethereal, hircus, treppenwitz and 446 more...
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Informal
canary, wishy-washy, brummie, veep, kludge, beaut, moniker, humongous, tushie, ponce, Chinaman, cocky and 44 more...
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buffyisms.
World of Joss Whedon.
shindig, hootenanny, wanker, tosser, nancy-boy, peaches, brolly, bugger, mosey, slayer, doppelgänger, vampire and 3 more...
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The Crow Road
Words encountered while reading Iain Banks's terrific "The Crow Road"
machair, brindle, nimrod, cullen skink, lochan, the kyles of bute, kip, gateaux blaster, condign, percussive cremation, ballast mound, braw and 71 more...
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chiefly british
windlestraw, boffin, poppet, bloody, motorway, telly, git, tyre, windscreen, zebra crossing, panda car, lorry and 61 more...
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Umbrellas and parasols
umbrella, parasol, quitasole, kittisol, gamp, brolly, parapluie, mushroom, mush, umbrel, sunshade, roundel and 22 more...
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Distinctly British
Mostly but not limited to slang and some cockney guffy wibble
haberdashery, coventry, knackered, cack-handed, bate, bimble, blag, boffin, bonce, brolly, busk, cack and 71 more...
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Selected words from the Queen's English
British words/phrases/slang I love using in everyday conversation.
yob, wotcher, wotsit, arse, balls-up, barmy, bint, bloke, blimey, bobby, bollocks, brolly and 78 more...
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