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sundowner |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sundowner \Sun"down`er\, n. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work -- called also {traveler} and {swagman} (but not all swagmen are sundowners). Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations. --Francis Adams. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sundowner n 1: (Australia) a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown 2: (Brit) a drink taken at sundown
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