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BROLLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brolly mean?
• BROLLY (noun)
The noun BROLLY has 1 sense:
1. colloquial terms for an umbrella
Familiarity information: BROLLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Colloquial terms for an umbrella
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
brolly; gamp
Hypernyms ("brolly" is a kind of...):
umbrella (a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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