golden shower
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of golden shower
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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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
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
This noise took nothing from the charm of the drive, which the stars, so numberless in autumn, seemed to follow with a golden shower.
From Jack 1877 by Sherwood, Mary Neal
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
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
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