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bum·ber·shoot

(bŭm′bər-sho͞ot′)

An umbrella.

[Alteration of umbrella + alteration of (para)chute.]

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bumbershoot

(ˈbʌmbəʃuːt)

old-fashioned informal US an umbrella

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bum•ber•shoot

(ˈbʌm bərˌʃut)

n. Informal.

an umbrella.

[1915–20; bumber-, alter. of umbrella + -shoot, resp. of -chute in parachute]

bumbershoot

- Another word for umbrella, formed by combining an alteration of the word umbrella and an alteration of the word parachute.

bumbershoot

n (US inf) → Musspritze f (hum inf)

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