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gullywasher

[ guhl-ee-wosh-er, -waw-sher ]

noun

Chiefly Midland and Western U.S.
  1. a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gullywasher1

First recorded in 1900–05; gully 1 + washer
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Not a passing shower or a tropical gullywasher, not some effete drizzle but constant, temperate rainfall lasting for several hours.

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