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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bumbershoot #96475 02/20/2003 7:57 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 Rouspeteur member Rouspeteur member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 I always thought of this word as being British, however, I can only find it on dictionary.com. It does not appear in the OED. Can anyone shed any light on its origins? Thanks, Rousépeteur Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bumbershoot Rouspeteur 02/20/2003 7:57 PM Re: bumbershoot sjm 02/20/2003 8:06 PM Re: bumbershoot wwh 02/20/2003 8:08 PM Re: bumbershoot AnnaStrophic 02/20/2003 11:49 PM Re: bumbershoot Jackie 02/20/2003 11:05 PM Re: bumbershoot tsuwm 02/20/2003 11:26 PM Re: bumbershoot wwh 02/20/2003 11:39 PM Re: bumbershoot consuelo 02/21/2003 12:33 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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