Sunshade
[sʌnʃeid]
Definition
(n.) Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.
(n.) A small parasol.
(n.) An awning.
Inputed by Cyrus
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing young girls carrying sunshades, foretells prosperity and exquisite delights. A broken one, foretells sickness and death to the young.
Typist: Yvette
Examples
- What have you done with your sunshade? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She had a grey silk sunshade over her head--how could he ever have imagined her with a pink one? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Her voice had sunk almost to a whisper, and she sat clasping and unclasping her hands about the handle of her sunshade. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Her footsteps flagged, and she stood gazing listlessly ahead, digging the ferny edge of the path with the tip of her sunshade. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It had seemed so exactly the place in which he ought to have found Madame Olenska; and she was far away, and even the pink sunshade was not hers . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- We'll stop at Meg's, and borrow her white sunshade, and then you can have my dove-colored one. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She looked downward too, disturbing the pattern with the point of her sunshade while she struggled for expression. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Recovering the sunshade with a powerful hand she unfurled it and suspended its rosy dome above her head. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Checker: Lola