| 单词 | towards the sundown |
| 释义 | > as lemmastowards the sundown U.S. In prepositional phrases referring to the American Midwest or Far West, as beyond sundown, towards the sundown. Now historical. ΚΠ 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. ii. 43 Have you been far towards the sun-down, friend? 1846 Hancock Eagle (Nauvoo, Illinois) 10 Apr. i. 5 Captain Sutter..recommends those who intend seeking a new home beyond ‘sun-down’, to get there as soon as possible, in order that they may be able to secure lands gratis. 2012 B. Cogburn Panhandle 391 He preferred to exist in the bygone, way out beyond sundown, in that faded land where the broncy ones still roamed. < as lemmas |
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