A humorous or informal word for an umbrella, particularly a large one.
A whimsical American coinage from the late 1800s, blending 'umbrella' with 'shoot,' possibly influenced by 'bumper' (meaning large) and the playful sound of umbrella words.
'Bumbershoot' is pure American nonsense-word creativity—someone probably said it once as a joke about how umbrellas open with a little 'shoot' sound, and it somehow stuck.
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