sundown

[ suhn-doun ]

/ ˈsʌnˌdaʊn /

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noun

sunset, especially the time of sunset.

verb (used without object)

Psychiatry. to experience confusion or hallucinations at night as a result of strange surroundings, drug effects, decreased sensory input, or reduction of oxygen supply to the brain.

Nearby words

sunder, sunderland, sundew, sundial, sundog, sundown, sundowner, sundress, sundries, sundrops, sundry

Origin of sundown

First recorded in 1610–20; sun + down¹

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Examples from the Web for sundown

But after sundown, she would enjoy what felt like a greater luxury.
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The tour ended without event and Conor returned to the stationhouse after sundown.
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Torture, some people might call it, from sundown Sunday to sundown Friday.
Inside Seal Team Six by Don Mann Excerpt|Don Mann|December 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
At last—it was sundown of the sixteenth—the stage drove into Newbern.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863|Various

Any one who is used to life in the open knows how at sundown wild birds foregather for a last conclave.
Canada: the Empire of the North|Agnes C. Laut
"You-all come go with me now, if you want to see some fun," said Mr. Smith at sundown.
Captain Ted|Louis Pendleton
We had neighbours so anxious to make our acquaintance that they called—nay, thrust themselves upon us—at sundown.
With Our Army in Palestine|Antony Bluett
If yo' pa was 'live, he'd turn them out bag an' baggage befo' sundown.
The Voice of the People|Ellen Glasgow

British Dictionary definitions for sundown

sundown

/ (ˈsʌnˌdaʊn) /

noun

another name for sunset

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