rain napper

English

Noun

rain napper (plural rain nappers)

  1. (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
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