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Sundown   /sˈəndˌaʊn/   Listen
Sundown

noun
1.
The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon.  Synonym: sunset.






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"Sundown" Quotes from Famous Books



... June, Mudleealpa. Started for Beda. Some of the horses would not drink the water, and others drank very little: they will be glad to drink far worse than this before they come back, or I am much mistaken. Arrived at Beda at sundown. I was right in my opinion; no fresh water to be found; nothing but salt, salter than the sea. I can see nothing of Mr. Babbage's* encampment; he must be higher up the creek. All the country we have come over to-day is very dry. (* It will probably be recollected ...
— Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart • John McDouall Stuart

... governess. She was a great, soft-hearted, injudicious creature, a mass of German interjections, but she had the grand style on the piano. There had been weeks of such weather as we are having now. Exercise was impossible till after sundown. I had dreamed of a breath of freedom, but instead of the open door I was in straiter ...
— A Touch Of Sun And Other Stories • Mary Hallock Foote

... mark than his own. From his father and his forefathers he inherited his trade, which, in his turn, he will hand over to his son—a hard-working, honest, and sturdy man, the clank of whose hammer and anvil may be heard from daybreak to sundown. ...
— Tales of Old Japan • Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

... Nep, with Keo swimming between them, set out upon their journey. They swam up the river all that day and all the next, until they came at sundown to a high, rocky wall, beneath which was the cave where ...
— American Fairy Tales • L. Frank Baum

... necessity of watering can be largely avoided except in very dry weather. An occasional soaking of the soil is better than frequent sprinkling. Water your garden either very early in the morning or after sundown. It is better not to water when ...
— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall


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