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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An umbrella.

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  1. n. dated, humorous An umbrella.

Etymologies

  1. Apparently a variation on UMBrella + paraCHUTE; American in origin, it has become associated with British umbrellas, but has never been a Briticism. (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration of umbrella + alteration of (para)chute. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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