"Sunday driver" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Sunday driver.ogg [Australia] Forms: Sunday drivers [plural]
Etymology: Sunday + driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Sunday|driver}} Sunday + driver Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sunday driver (plural Sunday drivers)
  1. (idiomatic) One who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Translations (one who drives slowly): søndagsbilist [common-gender] (Danish), zondagsrijder [masculine] (Dutch), sunnuntaiajelija (Finnish), sunnuntaiautoilija (Finnish), conducteur du dimanche [masculine] (French), Sonntagsfahrer [masculine] (German), automobilista della domenica [feminine, masculine] (Italian), automobilista da strapazzo [feminine, masculine] (Italian), サンデードライバー (sandē-doraibā) (Japanese), søndagskjører [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), niedzielny kierowca [masculine] (Polish), domingueiro [masculine] (Portuguese), domingueira [feminine] (Portuguese), motorista de fim de semana [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), dominguero [masculine] (Spanish), söndagsbilist [common-gender] (Swedish), söndagsförare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Sunday_driver-en-noun-0nN7gMVp Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'one who drives slowly': 65 35
  2. (dated) One who drives infrequently, and often poorly. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Automotive, People
    Sense id: en-Sunday_driver-en-noun-~jI6rk0z Disambiguation of Automotive: 45 55 Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52

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