| 单词 | sundown doctor |
| 释义 | > as lemmassundown doctor C2. U.S. colloquial. Used attributively to designate a person who works outside normal hours in addition to his or her regular employment, as sundown doctor, sundown lawyer, etc. Cf. sundowner n. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > having more than one job sundown1891 1891 Davenport (Iowa) Morning Tribune 7 Jan. I was curious when I heard a sundown doctor mentioned during a visit. 1897 Boston Transcript 5 Aug. 5/1 There are sundown doctors, sundown lawyers and sundown ministers. 1904 L. Derville Other Side of Story 42 A sundown doctor..[is] a doctor who practices his vocation after four o'clock, when he can leave his desk in some Government office. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 29 June 8/3 Attorneys practising in the county without maintaining offices there have come to be known as ‘sundown’ lawyers. 1956 Greenville (Texas) Banner 17 Apr. 6/3 Why should the people of this country be taxed to subsidize..sundown farmers, doctor and lawyer farmers, subsistence farmers, and ‘family’ farmers? < as lemmas |
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