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bumbershoot

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bum⋅ber⋅shoot

  [buhm-ber-shoot]
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–noun Informal: Often Facetious.
an umbrella.
Origin:
1915–20; bumber-, appar. expressive alter. of umbrella + -shoot, resp. of -chute in parachute
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bum·ber·shoot   (bŭm'bər-shōōt')   
n.  An umbrella.

[Alteration of umbrella + alteration of (para)chute.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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