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Meanings of cold shower in English

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Usage of cold shower in English
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A month later, the Fourteen Points speech came as a cold shower.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
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These words had the effect of a cold shower-bath on M. Casimir.
The Count's Millions
3
You did a valuable service by giving the regime a cold shower.
The Guardian
4
A cold shower and some cold beers have helped ease the pain.
Reuters
5
The calm, good-humored tones of Simon Gradkoski followed like a cold shower.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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The Pina Bausch experience was like someone turning on a cold shower.
The Guardian
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This last word fell like a cold shower-bath upon Wilkie's exultant joy.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
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Couldn't be a cold shower; even a warm shower didn't quite do it.
Every patient tells a story: medical mysteries and the art of di...
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I was so excited, I almost felt the need for a cold shower.
Radio NZ
10
Then I jumped into my second cold shower inside four hours.
Mortal Allies
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December 6.-Daybefore yesterday I fasted and took a cold shower-bath
Life of Father Hecker
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Alternatively, one room could also mean breakfast, a cold shower, and a nap.
The President's Assassin
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For a week it had rained, cold shower following cold shower.
Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behin...
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He remembers staggering into his hotel room to sit in a cold shower.
Wired
15
If any of you bump into her, you might recommend a cold shower.
The Guardian
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Akin to an early-morning ice- cold shower - but sprinkled with stardust.
The Irish Times
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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