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- noun Plural form of
bumbershoot .
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Examples
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In this BBC news video, a reporter with all the necessary documentation tries to visit Tiananmen Square with a cameraperson, only to find himself surrounded by umbrella-wielding goons who use their unfurled bumbershoots to block every shot the camera-person tries to catch.
Boing Boing 2009
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A laugh went off in his throat like a rat-bomb, sending the last of the guests scurrying for their bumbershoots.
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Yes, along with an assortment of canes, that's all the store carries — hundreds of bumbershoots and parasols, ranging from $35 compacts to a $405 gold-handled Italian number festooned with showy red cabbage roses.
Well, Isn't That Special? Anne Kadet 2010
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The Umbrella Umbrella from calligrapher Bernard Maisner features brown fabric covered with white bumbershoots ($110; bernardmaisner. com).
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And although the forecast called for actual bumbershoots or parkas, in Seattle style, both the Duhks and the Posies put on great sets despite, or maybe because of, the rain.
a few of our favorite things about 2005 : festival, event | Seattle Metblogs 2006
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"Get out your bumbershoots -- that one'll bring rain, " somebody else said.
The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960
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When Golden showers rain on the red carpet parade, it's time to break out the beautiful bumbershoots.
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When Golden showers rain on the red carpet parade, it's time to break out the beautiful bumbershoots.
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It also dawned on me that while no miniature bumbershoots were coming to me, your own end of the mess was turning into a remarkable collection of paper paraphernalia in a rainbow of colours.
EphBlog 2009
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Umbrella-takers were expected to return the bumbershoots to other stores once the downpour stopped, but it didn't exactly work as planned; Bohne said this week she is ordering more because many people took the umbrellas home (though that was fine by her because the logo-covered umbrellas are their own marketing strategy).
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