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rain napper en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) An umbrella.
    • “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:
    • “Glad to hear it,” he said. “Shoulda taken a rain napper, though. You're wet through.” 2016, Matthew J. Kirby, A Taste for Monsters:
    • 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:

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