rain napper

noun

rain napper

noun
1

UK, Obsolete, Slang An umbrella.

  • Within a few minutes, Mr. Fair, who was also the Sheriff, came into the building while closing his rain napper.2010, Ann DeWitt, Kevin M. Weeks, Entangled in Freedom: A Civil War Story, page 17:
  • “Tonight I would trade every fancy racer for a hansom nag, or even for a rain napper.”2015, Laurie R. King, In the Company of Sherlock Holmes:
1 more example
  • “Glad to hear it,” he said. “Shoulda taken a rain napper, though. You're wet through.”2016, Matthew J. Kirby, A Taste for Monsters:

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