bumbershoot
Oct. 24th, 2005 07:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordbumbershoot - n., an umbrella.
Another example of colorful nineteenth century American slang. Now rare, more's the pity. The -umber- part is from umbrella, the -shoot from parachute, for the shape. The b- is gratuitous.
---L.
Another example of colorful nineteenth century American slang. Now rare, more's the pity. The -umber- part is from umbrella, the -shoot from parachute, for the shape. The b- is gratuitous.
---L.
