humbrella
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
humbrella (plural humbrellas)
- (archaic) Alternative spelling of umbrella
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
- He finished the last piece of bacon and pushed away his plate. "Amongst all that mass of paper there must surely be one from a lovely maiden, James, at whose disposal I can place my rusty sword. Incidentally, what has become of the damned thing?"
"It's in the lumber-room, sir—tied up with the old humbrella and the niblick you don't like."
Usage notes[edit]
- Imitating Cockney speech.