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sundowner
/ ˈsʌnˌdaʊnə /
noun
- obsolete.a tramp, esp one who seeks food and lodging at sundown when it is too late to work
- nautical a strict ship's officer
- informal.an alcoholic drink taken at sunset
- slang.a lazy sheepdog
Word History and Origins
Origin of sundowner1
Example Sentences
After the rain ended, we took a bottle of wine to a slab of granite rock just beyond camp for a sundowner.
The news of his return spread quickly and several officials dropped in for a "sundowner."
He longed each night for the usual "sundowner," but had determined not to open his one remaining bottle, in case of accident.
Sundowner: (Historical) A swagman who arrives at a place too late for work, but looking for food and/or shelter.
It was no sundowner, not even a man from Boonara, out on the jag, who had wandered in a half-frenzied condition so many miles.
An old sundowner, chancing to pass along the road, stopped in the hopes of a yarn.
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