Sunday driver

noun — 2 senses

Sunday driver

noun

Etymology From Sunday + driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving.

1

Idiomatic One who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing.

  • I was eager to get there, but I got stuck behind one Sunday driver after another on that trip.
  • Wallace is hardly your typical Sunday driver out on a jaunt in the countryside.1990 July 30, Davide Thigpen, “Real-Life Days of Thunder”, in Time:
2

Dated One who drives infrequently, and often poorly.

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