Brolly


an umbrella.
Historical Examples

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 5th 1895 Various
Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling

noun (pl) -lies
an informal Brit name for umbrella (sense 1)
n.

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