Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A shower of rain from a passing cumulus cloud, without thunder or lightning and preceded and followed by full sunshine, on a warm summer day; a shower falling on a limited locality, while the surrounding country is evidently enjoying full sunshine.

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Examples

  • Just as I lay down to fall asleep in my mellowing depression, the sun-shower stops.

    Road Trip Glen Binger 2011

  • During the early part of our visit, there was a sun-shower, it was raining on the golf course but on the other side of the fence where we were standing, it was dry!

    More Photos from Christmas, 2008 Jan 2009

  • She smelled pretty fresh for what must have been her third day on the lake, but I suppose they could have hooked up some kind of sun-shower.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

  • The air was sweet and balmy from a morning sun-shower.

    Jolie Blon’s Bounce James Lee Burke 2002

  • The air was sweet and balmy from a morning sun-shower.

    Jolie Blon’s Bounce James Lee Burke 2002

  • The air was sweet and balmy from a morning sun-shower.

    Jolie Blon’s Bounce James Lee Burke 2002

  • The air was sweet and balmy from a morning sun-shower.

    Jolie Blon’s Bounce James Lee Burke 2002

  • The air was sweet and balmy from a morning sun-shower.

    Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

  • The air was sweet and balmy from a morning sun-shower.

    Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

  • A chord and a few notes began a stumbling melody, as erratic and fanciful as a sun-shower.

    Sins Of Commission Susan Wright 1994

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