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Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
brolly
brolly
1
Victoria rummages through her bag and finds her
brolly
and her medicines.
2
Also, it's Ireland in April so bring a
brolly
,
a jumper and a hat.
3
He slid the
brolly
into a sheath built into the chassis of the bike.
4
I may even splash out on a Marry Poppins
brolly
.
5
For years women in motor racing were just
"
brolly
dollies" or mascots.
1
A
"
gamp
"
became a slang word for umbrella in the 19th century.
2
You kicked yourself because you hadn't taken your mother's advice and brought a
gamp
.
3
All things are much as you left them, except that what regards
gamp
is a good deal better.
4
Your
gamp
was someone else's.
5
It is a goot blace for a
gamp
,
Leftenant, und we shall pe all right in a tay or two.
6
Now when I go, I take my husband's "storm
gamp
"
and sit in a corner, hiding behind it.
7
Well, I was going to a match at lord's, and it looked rather dull, so mother told me I'd better take a
gamp
.
8
But her failure is really more tragic than that of Mrs.
Gamp
.
9
Mrs.
Gamp
nurses an old friend who is under a singular delusion.
10
Gamp
-Mixture
of Pathos and Humour-Leverand Dickens compared-Dickens' power of Description-General Remarks.
11
His water at least was cold, though Mrs.
Gamp
's
was hot enough.
12
Oh, Mrs.
Gamp
,
I feel so-so-so-Ireally don't know how I feel.'
13
As each classic character
appeared
-
Mrs
Gamp
,
Miss Squeers, Boots-theaudience roared even louder.
14
Gamp
caught his breath, and then he lay back and roared:
15
Though they are not human beings, we all remember Mrs.
Gamp
and Pickwick.
16
Bink and Danny,
Gamp
and Dismal-otherfriends of his-werealready crowding round Merriwell.
bring a gamp