golden shower
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of golden shower
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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If man and beast and tree and flower Unweave not Love's rich beauteous dower, All Dana� again earth darkles Beneath His ceaseless and golden shower.
From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)
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 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
Fleurette smiled brightly at him, shaking her hair from side to side in a golden shower.
From The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers by Brown, Abbie Farwell
For the present there could be no thought of marrying, but they would wait till their hopes were partly realized, and the golden shower should begin.
From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Besant, Walter, Sir
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