golden shower
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of golden shower
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The blaze melted the plates of the roof in a golden shower above me.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
The stranger took them from the ground, and, with a smile, flung them up in a golden shower through the crowd.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 340, Supplementary Number (1828) by Various
In consequence of this I became fully awake, and went forth in the spirit, and asked an angel who then happened to meet me, whether he saw a golden shower descending from the sun?
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
Disappeared—Don Hedger was crouching on his knees, staring at the golden shower which poured in through the west windows, at the lake of gold sleeping on the faded Turkish carpet.
From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert
The sun, almost sunk, sent a last golden shower across them and disclosed the dingy gray of their uniforms and the lean, tanned faces.
From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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