rain napper
English
Noun
rain napper (plural rain nappers)
- (Britain, 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.
- 2016, Matthew J. Kirby, A Taste for Monsters
- “Glad to hear it,” he said. “Shoulda taken a rain napper, though. You're wet through.”
- 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.”
- 2010, Ann DeWitt & Kevin M. Weeks, Entangled in Freedom: A Civil War Story (page 17)
Usage notes
- In print, found only in modern historical novels, presumably taken from the 1873 slang dictionary referenced below.
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary