subs. (general).—An umbrella: first used at Winchester, and subsequently adopted at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

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  1885.  Punch, June 6, 273. Pair o’ pattens and BROLLY are more in your line.

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  1900.  KIPLING, Stalky & Co., 81. ‘An’ I’m catty all over,’ said M’Turk, ‘though I washed twice.’ ‘An’ I nearly broke Beetle’s BROLLY plantin’ her where she would blossom!’

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