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  • noun Plural form of sundown.

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Examples

  • There were automobiles, traps, victorias, hay-racks, and "sundowns" standing all along the street in the vicinity of Hapgood's Grove.

    The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • In her book, Sunsets, the Washington native presents dozens of beautifully captured sundowns, most taken during a three-year yachting trip around the world.

    The World's Most Beautiful Sunsets 2010

  • In her book, Sunsets, the Washington native presents dozens of beautifully captured sundowns, most taken during a three-year yachting trip around the world.

    The World's Most Beautiful Sunsets 2010

  • In her book, Sunsets, the Washington native presents dozens of beautifully captured sundowns, most taken during a three-year yachting trip around the world.

    The World's Most Beautiful Sunsets Jeff Koyen 2010

  • Rown here teh outsyde works need to wait til sundowns, if nawt a emergensee.

    Cat Plate Warmer - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • "Well, Mr. Steward has Alzheimer's, he's an incurable lech, likes to flash his aides, sundowns badly, gets violent, and is so unsteady on his feet that you'll need to steady him while he's attacking you so he doesn't fall down and hurt himself."

    My Remembrance Day: Sickness, belief, and dreams Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • The Associated Press says that, as summer arrives, later sundowns may create problems, however.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • It was one of those sundowns that reminded Bosch of the glow the fires of the riots had put in the sky a few years back.

    Trunk Music Connelly, Michael, 1956- 1997

  • Georgia and Claudia liked to walk out beyond the town in the long, lingering sundowns.

    Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986

  • It would be five more sundowns before her engines quit forever, and ten more years before she sank to the ocean floor.

    Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

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