Sunday driver

English

Etymology

From Sunday +‎ driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Sunday driver (plural Sunday drivers)

  1. (idiomatic) One who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing.
    I was eager to get there, but I got stuck behind one Sunday driver after another on that trip.
    • 1990 July 30, Davide Thigpen, “Real-Life Days of Thunder”, in Time‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Wallace is hardly your typical Sunday driver out on a jaunt in the countryside.
      (Can we archive this URL?)
  2. (dated) One who drives infrequently, and often poorly.

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