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 worldling, with whom happiness and wealth are kindred terms, worships daily at the shrine of Mammon, and offers earnest prayers for the golden shower.
From Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness by Austin, John Mather
It would be quite as easy for an inveterate miser to look with indifference upon a golden shower of double eagles, falling at his feet and soliciting his appropriation.
From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)
He was considered a man of so great consequence, that his levee was constantly crowded by persons of eminence, who flocked to Paris to partake of the golden shower.
From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous
It was the morning dew descending in great abundance, which, catching the sun's rays, exhibited to my eyes the appearance of a golden shower.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
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