Crinoline for Gentlemen
Anon
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Invention, Meteorology, Gender |
Following a miserable experience getting wet in a rain shower, the writer proposes the invention of 'Waterproof Crinoline for gentlemen, which, when expanded, shall answer all the purposes of an umbrella'. | |
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