golden shower

American

noun

a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.

Etymology

Origin of golden shower

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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He is hounded by Borat, who shouts after him, "Rudy, Trump will be disappoint! You are leaving hotel without golden shower!"

From Salon

Last year, as Carnival was petering out, President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted a video of one man urinating on another during the festivities, causing the term “golden shower” to trend.

From Washington Post

"We gave you a golden shower, Phyllis. Well, where's MY golden shower?"

From Fox News

A golden shower head from their Russian business partners?

From The Guardian

“I felt the golden shower was beginning to fall,” Barnum later recalled.

From The New Yorker

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