golden showern.

Brit.

/ˌɡəʊld(ə)n ˈʃaʊə/, U.S.

/ˌɡoʊld(ə)n ˈʃaʊ(ə)r/

Forms: see golden adj. and n. and shower n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: golden adj., shower n.¹

Etymology: < golden adj. + shower n.¹

1. A liberal bestowal of money or other financial benefits, (in early use) often as a bribe. Cf. golden adj. 1b, shower n.¹ 4a.In some examples as part of an extended metaphor referring to a shower of rain.Perhaps sometimes influenced by the Greek myth of Danae, who was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a shower of golden rain, or by the myth in which Zeus bestows fortune on the island of Rhodes in a shower of gold.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe

gift1382

handy-dandyc1390

pricec1400

bud1436

bribe?a1439

golden (also silver) keyc1450

fee1549

golden shower1589

oil of angels1592

sugar-plum1608

bribera1616

palm oil1625

greasinga1661

sop1665

sweetbreada1670

vail1687

douceur1739

sweetener1741

bonus1759

buckshee1773

smear-gelt1785

grease1823

boodle?1856

soap1860

ice1887

palm-grease1897

poultice1902

fix1929

dropsy1930

pay-off1930

drop1931

oil1935

squeeze-pidgin1946

sling1948

bung1958

back-hander1960

1589 J. Clapham tr. Plutarch Philos. Treat. conc. Quietnes of Mind sig. C3^v Nor doo I enuie anie man, Sweete fortunes golden showers.

1597 N. Breton Wits Trenchmour sig. f3^v Calling to mind the golden showres of his Ladies fauours, [he] bled inwardly in the hart.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ii. 429/1 Robert destitute of meanes.., sent to Philip the French King, desiring his assistance against this Brother-Enemy; who preparing towards Normandy, was stopped with such golden showres from King William that he could not passe.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Dorset 281 A good share of the golden showre of Abby Lands fell into his lap.

1702 F. Hext Funeral Oration William III 10 Gold must bribe treacherous Grandees..; Success waited on his Golden Showers.

1795 E. Jerningham Welch Heiress i. 8 My noisy claimants..would have soon overtaken me, had not this golden shower from the Welch mountains put an end to the chace.

1813 R. Wilson Private Diary 5 Apr. (1861) I. 324 I am told by Lestocq that the golden shower will open the bolts and bars of the place immediately.

1875 F. E. W. Harper in Centennial Anniv. Pennsylvania Soc. for promoting Abolition of Slavery 30 Instead of golden showers upon his head, he who garrisoned the front had a halter around his neck.

1936 Washington Post 15 Nov. b31 American workers and stockholders were deluged with a golden shower of wage increases, dividend checks and holiday bonuses.

2014 Alalam (Nexis) 24 May Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies have amped up their golden shower of oil money on the Egyptian military.

2. slang (originally U.S.). An act or the fact of being urinated upon (or urinating on someone) as a means of obtaining sexual gratification. Also occasionally: (a stream of) urine.Quot. 1830 appears to show an unconnected and isolated early example in a non-sexual context.

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1830 Owl (N.Y.) 10 July The very decent folks who live in Clinton street..are respectfully requested to desist from causing golden showers to descend from their attic; it is very unpleasant to be caught in one of them.

1943 T. Williams Let. 22 Oct. (1977) 111 You should have told Margot only thing I really enjoy is a ‘golden shower’ from a black cloud.

1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 97 Golden shower, a stream of piss.

1986 S. Churcher N.Y. Confidential vii. 170 The stained bathtubs where flabby men..lounged in hope of receiving a ‘golden shower’.

2000 N.Y. Press 29 Mar. ii. 70/5 (advt.) Ace butt, rod and nut sucker sex slave needs master to service and pleasure... Into golden showers.

3. A type of firework which produces a shower of golden sparks; = golden rain n. Also: the golden sparks themselves. Cf. shower n.¹ 3b.

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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > that forms a shower of sparks

golden rain1629

gold rain1635

cascade1749

rainfall1765

peacock's tail1799

golden shower1839

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 480 Stars for golden showers, nitre 16; sulphur, 10 [etc.].

1891 Boston Daily Advertiser 29 July 5/1 The lattice work effect which covered the entire front of the vast stage with golden showers, and a myriad of vari-colored rockets made the scene not one to be forgotten.

1930 Amarillo (Texas) Sunday News & Globe 29 June 15/4 This shell has..first a shower of red, then white, blue and after that silver showers, golden showers and reports.

2002 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 1 Nov. Golden showers and sparklers are all very well, but where's the fun when you can no longer decant the gunpowder from fireworks into a tube of bamboo and light the homemade fuse?

4. More fully golden shower tree. The pudding pipe tree, Cassia fistula, native to tropical Asia, which has pendulous racemes of yellow flowers; (also) the blossom of this tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > other Asian trees or shrubs

China-pea1660

pea tree1766

koelreuteria1789

stink-tree1795

ume1822

Java almond1824

weenonga1838

St. Thomas' tree1866

golden shower1882

Jew's mallow1884

mokihana1888

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > pudding-pipe tree

fistulaa1382

cassia fistulaa1398

pudding-pipe tree1597

cassia-stick tree1756

golden shower1882

1882 Celebration Golden Wedding Dr. & Mrs. Lowell Smith 4 The happy couple stood under a green arch..from which depended a marriage bell covered with the flowers of the ‘Golden Shower’ tree.

1898 Proc. Sixteenth Ann. Meeting Mich. State Pharmaceut. Assoc. 126 Very conspicuous throughout the summer months is the tree known in Honolulu as the golden shower.

1953 D. Lessing Five i. 14 The other neighbour was a house whose walls were invisible under a mass of golden shower—thick yellow clusters, like smoky honey, dripped from roof to ground.

1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) viii. 75 The golden shower trees opened like Japanese fans.

2016 Bangkok Post (Nexis) 10 Apr. The trees commonly known as golden shower, or ratchapruek, are usually festooned with long strands of golden yellow flowers in April, when Songkran is celebrated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	golden shower
释义	golden showern. Brit. /ˌɡəʊld(ə)n ˈʃaʊə/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊld(ə)n ˈʃaʊ(ə)r/ Forms: see golden adj. and n. and shower n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: golden adj., shower n.¹ Etymology: < golden adj. + shower n.¹ 1. A liberal bestowal of money or other financial benefits, (in early use) often as a bribe. Cf. golden adj. 1b, shower n.¹ 4a.In some examples as part of an extended metaphor referring to a shower of rain.Perhaps sometimes influenced by the Greek myth of Danae, who was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a shower of golden rain, or by the myth in which Zeus bestows fortune on the island of Rhodes in a shower of gold. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe gift1382 handy-dandyc1390 pricec1400 bud1436 bribe?a1439 golden (also silver) keyc1450 fee1549 golden shower1589 oil of angels1592 sugar-plum1608 bribera1616 palm oil1625 greasinga1661 sop1665 sweetbreada1670 vail1687 douceur1739 sweetener1741 bonus1759 buckshee1773 smear-gelt1785 grease1823 boodle?1856 soap1860 ice1887 palm-grease1897 poultice1902 fix1929 dropsy1930 pay-off1930 drop1931 oil1935 squeeze-pidgin1946 sling1948 bung1958 back-hander1960 1589 J. Clapham tr. Plutarch Philos. Treat. conc. Quietnes of Mind sig. C3^v Nor doo I enuie anie man, Sweete fortunes golden showers. 1597 N. Breton Wits Trenchmour sig. f3^v Calling to mind the golden showres of his Ladies fauours, [he] bled inwardly in the hart. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ii. 429/1 Robert destitute of meanes.., sent to Philip the French King, desiring his assistance against this Brother-Enemy; who preparing towards Normandy, was stopped with such golden showres from King William that he could not passe. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Dorset 281 A good share of the golden showre of Abby Lands fell into his lap. 1702 F. Hext Funeral Oration William III 10 Gold must bribe treacherous Grandees..; Success waited on his Golden Showers. 1795 E. Jerningham Welch Heiress i. 8 My noisy claimants..would have soon overtaken me, had not this golden shower from the Welch mountains put an end to the chace. 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary 5 Apr. (1861) I. 324 I am told by Lestocq that the golden shower will open the bolts and bars of the place immediately. 1875 F. E. W. Harper in Centennial Anniv. Pennsylvania Soc. for promoting Abolition of Slavery 30 Instead of golden showers upon his head, he who garrisoned the front had a halter around his neck. 1936 Washington Post 15 Nov. b31 American workers and stockholders were deluged with a golden shower of wage increases, dividend checks and holiday bonuses. 2014 Alalam (Nexis) 24 May Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies have amped up their golden shower of oil money on the Egyptian military. 2. slang (originally U.S.). An act or the fact of being urinated upon (or urinating on someone) as a means of obtaining sexual gratification. Also occasionally: (a stream of) urine.Quot. 1830 appears to show an unconnected and isolated early example in a non-sexual context. ΚΠ 1830 Owl (N.Y.) 10 July The very decent folks who live in Clinton street..are respectfully requested to desist from causing golden showers to descend from their attic; it is very unpleasant to be caught in one of them. 1943 T. Williams Let. 22 Oct. (1977) 111 You should have told Margot only thing I really enjoy is a ‘golden shower’ from a black cloud. 1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 97 Golden shower, a stream of piss. 1986 S. Churcher N.Y. Confidential vii. 170 The stained bathtubs where flabby men..lounged in hope of receiving a ‘golden shower’. 2000 N.Y. Press 29 Mar. ii. 70/5 (advt.) Ace butt, rod and nut sucker sex slave needs master to service and pleasure... Into golden showers. 3. A type of firework which produces a shower of golden sparks; = golden rain n. Also: the golden sparks themselves. Cf. shower n.¹ 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > that forms a shower of sparks golden rain1629 gold rain1635 cascade1749 rainfall1765 peacock's tail1799 golden shower1839 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 480 Stars for golden showers, nitre 16; sulphur, 10 [etc.]. 1891 Boston Daily Advertiser 29 July 5/1 The lattice work effect which covered the entire front of the vast stage with golden showers, and a myriad of vari-colored rockets made the scene not one to be forgotten. 1930 Amarillo (Texas) Sunday News & Globe 29 June 15/4 This shell has..first a shower of red, then white, blue and after that silver showers, golden showers and reports. 2002 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 1 Nov. Golden showers and sparklers are all very well, but where's the fun when you can no longer decant the gunpowder from fireworks into a tube of bamboo and light the homemade fuse? 4. More fully golden shower tree. The pudding pipe tree, Cassia fistula, native to tropical Asia, which has pendulous racemes of yellow flowers; (also) the blossom of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > other Asian trees or shrubs China-pea1660 pea tree1766 koelreuteria1789 stink-tree1795 ume1822 Java almond1824 weenonga1838 St. Thomas' tree1866 golden shower1882 Jew's mallow1884 mokihana1888 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > pudding-pipe tree fistulaa1382 cassia fistulaa1398 pudding-pipe tree1597 cassia-stick tree1756 golden shower1882 1882 Celebration Golden Wedding Dr. & Mrs. Lowell Smith 4 The happy couple stood under a green arch..from which depended a marriage bell covered with the flowers of the ‘Golden Shower’ tree. 1898 Proc. Sixteenth Ann. Meeting Mich. State Pharmaceut. Assoc. 126 Very conspicuous throughout the summer months is the tree known in Honolulu as the golden shower. 1953 D. Lessing Five i. 14 The other neighbour was a house whose walls were invisible under a mass of golden shower—thick yellow clusters, like smoky honey, dripped from roof to ground. 1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) viii. 75 The golden shower trees opened like Japanese fans. 2016 Bangkok Post (Nexis) 10 Apr. The trees commonly known as golden shower, or ratchapruek, are usually festooned with long strands of golden yellow flowers in April, when Songkran is celebrated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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