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shower

/ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/ noun C2
  1. One who shows.
  2. An object or activity that is shown in a contest. · That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
  3. A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself. (slang)

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He had hardly spoken when a shower of nuts and twigs spattered down through the branches; and they could hear coughings and howlings and angry jumpings high up in the air among the thin branches.
The Jungle Book, p. 35 · B2
“A barrowful of _what?_” thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 28 · B2
While she was trying to fix on one, the cook took the cauldron of soup off the fire, and at once set to work throwing everything within her reach at the Duchess and the baby—the fire-irons came first; then followed a shower of saucepans, plates, and dishes.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 42 · B2
A shower of snow fell upon them, and, finding the Olive full of foliage, it settled upon its branches and broke them down with its weight, at once despoiling it of its beauty and killing the tree.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 101 · B2

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