Sunday driver
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noun
a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
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Origin of Sunday driver
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby Sunday driver
Sunda Strait, Sunday, Sunday baby, Sunday best, Sunday clothes, Sunday driver, Sunday-go-to-meeting, Sunday Morning, Sunday painter, Sunday punch, Sundays
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Sunday driver
noun
informal a person who drives slowly, timorously, or unskilfully, as if used to driving only on Sundays when the roads are relatively quiet
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