golden shower
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of golden shower
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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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 man had rather sullenly displayed half a crown as his gift, in contrast with the golden shower of John's generosity.
From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore
She was a pretty child, with her hair gathered up high and falling in a golden shower.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
Again he struck the logs, and a golden shower of sparks flew up the chimney.
From Max by Thurston, Katherine Cecil
Swiftly moving clouds only now and then allowed a gleam to light up any object, whether ugly or beautiful, that happened to stand within its golden shower.
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
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