sun-under, noun
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Calque formed on Afrikaans sononder, shortened form of sonsondergang, from Dutch zonsondergang.
?obsolete
Sunset.
[1850 R.G.G. Cumming Hunter’s Life II. 204 (Jeffreys)I had got into a..custom of allowing the cattle to feed about the waggons long after the sun was under.]
1915 J.K. O’Connor Afrikander Rebellion 103They may be found on the river diggings, starving, working from sun-up to sun-under, searching for the stones.
Sunset.
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