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Definition of Bogan shower in English: Bogan showernoun Australian A dust storm. we come from saltbush country, where Bogan showers count as rainfall Example sentencesExamples - They had a hard time—in fact, the Australians used to call a dust storm a Bogan shower.
- With the Bogan shower, that is mostly dust.
- Well, he does come from Swan Hill, where they have Bogan showers—three raindrops and some dust!
- It spawned a number of satirical terms such as Bogan shower, which means about five minutes of rain, hardly enough to settle the dust.
- Bogan appears in the phrase Bogan shower, which, with typical outback irony, is a dust storm.
- The river and the district around it have provided a number of terms in Australian English, including Bogan shower.
- They mostly bring a Bogan shower—three raindrops and some dust.
- Looking back up into the sky, he saw the Bogan shower evaporate before it even had a chance for three drops of rain.
- In NSW, Bogan originally referred to the Bogan River—hence the Bogan showers in Patterson's poem.
- They need the whole journey to explain the threat of rain described as a Bogan shower, meaning a derisory light shower characterized by a puff of dust and three drops of rain.
Origin Early 20th century: named after the Bogan river in New South Wales and the semi-arid environment around it. |