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rain shower

noun

  1. a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rain shower1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

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Example Sentences

It is very pleasant here to-day, a little cooler than it has been—a good rain shower last evening.

A heavy rain shower came up about ten o'clock at night and continued at intervals until late the next morning.

Blowin' hot an' cold, rangin' from a balmy breeze through a rain shower or a thunder-storm, up to a snortin' tornado.

He sees the gunners busy on the left, the horses standing behind them as if all the whistling sounds are only a rain-shower.

The cloud-seeders provided a cooling rain-shower at about 0100 every night to wash away the day's grime.

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