Find the word definition

Crossword clues for brolly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
brolly
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It's also advisable to take a golf glove, a flask of tea-and a brolly!
▪ You could barely see the barber jackets for the brollies ... torrential rain and wind made the going heavy everywhere at Cheltenham.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
brolly

British slang, "umbrella," by 1866, a clipped and shortened form of umbrella.

Wiktionary
brolly

n. (context British NZ Australia informal English) umbrella.

WordNet
brolly

n. colloquial terms for an umbrella [syn: gamp]

Wikipedia
Brolly

Brolly may refer to:

People:
  • Anne Brolly, Sinn Féin politician and councillor on Limavady Borough Council in Northern Ireland
  • Bob Brolly, Northern Ireland-born broadcaster and singer
  • Brian Brolly (1936–2006), English showbusiness entrepreneur
  • Francie Brolly (born 1947), musician, retired teacher and republican politician from Dungiven, Northern Ireland
  • Joe Brolly (born 1969), Irish barrister, Gaelic football analyst, and former player from Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • Mike Brolly (born 1954), Scottish-born former professional footballer
  • Sarah Buxton Brolly (born 1965), American actress
  • Shane Brolly (born 1970), Northern Irish actor, writer, and director
Other uses:
  • Umbrella, colloquially
  • Brolly, California, in Modoc County
  • Brolly, fictional character in the Dragon Ball Z series

Usage examples of "brolly".

He realized that he had the brolly raised, and brought it down to lean on it.

Alacrity edged his hand to his brolly, gathering himself to jump down if the thing charged.

Alacrity said, carefully laying aside the brolly but leaving it open just in case.

Alacrity gently detached the drop-netting from his brolly and hung it across the mouth of the cave, weighting the bottom and filling in gaps with dirt.

By the time Tarrant had gathered up hat and brolly and followed him, the door stood open.

Himself, Sir Gerald Tarrant no less, master of a Secret Service department, huddled in that wardrobe with his bloody bowler and brolly, sweating cobs, visualizing ghastly consequences.

English gentlewomen protected themselves against the vagaries of the English climate with a brolly whose handle was pure goldhollow, as Miss Seeton was always careful to point out, because of the weight, but twenty-four carat hallmarked gold nonetheless.

The kerchief, like the brolly he carried slung from his shoulder, was a simple, versatile, and durable piece of gear with any number of survival uses.

She glanced down at her floral brolly and wondered what on earth he was talking about.

She tucked the bills back into her purse and, just to antagonize him, pointed her brolly toward the door.

While in London, he even carried a rolled black brolly and sported a bowler, the epitome of the young merchant banker.

They all turned and saw Brolly and another apprentice whom Menolly did not know running toward them.

If you turn out to be specially good at something, like me at voice, and Brolly at making instruments, the Master of that craft takes you on as a special apprentice, and you report to him for extra training and duties.

They raced across the lawn and the Japanese were momentarily frozen as the birthday guests reached the fence and banged their brooms and brollies against the railings, the occasional implement poking through to prod a startled protester.

Brolly told a splendid story about how you used to go out swimming in the evenings and swim for hours and hours in the dark composing elegiac verses, and then he spoilt it by saying you had webbed feet and a prehensile tail, which made the chap think he was having his leg pulled.