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English
Noun
rain napper (plural rain nappers)
- (UK, slang, obsolete) An umbrella.
2010, Ann DeWitt, Kevin M. Weeks, Entangled in Freedom: A Civil War Story, page 17:Within a few minutes, Mr. Fair, who was also the Sheriff, came into the building while closing his rain napper.
2015, Laurie R. King, In the Company of Sherlock Holmes:“Tonight I would trade every fancy racer for a hansom nag, or even for a rain napper.”
2016, Matthew J. Kirby, A Taste for Monsters:“Glad to hear it,” he said. “Shoulda taken a rain napper, though. You're wet through.”
Usage notes
- In print, found only in modern historical novels, presumably taken from the 1873 slang dictionary referenced below.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary