Definition of "brolly"
brolly
/ˈbɹɒli/
noun
plural brollies
(British, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, informal) Umbrella.
Quotations
“The young lady’s hi,” he said suddenly, holding out the umbrella, “is fixed on this here. I am well aware that it is not for the lowest of the low to carry a gentleman’s brolly, and I ask your ladyship’s pardon for the liberty. I come by it accidental-like, and should be glad of a reasonable offer from any gentleman in want of a honest article.”
1887, George Bernard Shaw, chapter III, in An Unsocial Socialist