Drainbow

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noun

A person who benefits from a Rainbow Gathering without doing their share of labour.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounDrainbow (plural Drainbows)

plural Drainbows

  1. slangA person who benefits from a Rainbow Gathering without doing their share of labour.

    To come to a Gathering and not work, to be a Drainbow, is to miss the point of the Gathering.

    1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, University of Tennessee Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 90
    2 more examples

    He jogs and catches up with Burley Bear while Skip, not daring to return to the tipi, shouts "Drainbows!" at their back.

    2002, Lawrence McGuire, The Gathering at Big Sur, Virtualbookworm.com, →ISBN, page 82

    You will be outfitted from a pile of donated clothes and gear, fed at the free kitchens, and unless you are a complete Drainbow you will gladly give some free labour in return.

    2003, Richard Grant, Ghost Riders, Hachette, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

Drainbow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Drainbow

MLA

“Drainbow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Drainbow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Drainbow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Drainbow.

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