Sundowner

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sundowner
       n 1: a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
       2: a drink taken at sundown

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "sundowner":
     Arab, Bowery bum, Mickey, Mickey Finn, aperitif, beach bum,
     beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, budmash, bum,
     bummer, caitiff, chaser, cocktail, derelict, devil,
     doch-an-dorrach, dogie, drifter, drink, drunkard, eye-opener,
     floater, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing,
     guttersnipe, highball, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, idler,
     knockout drops, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel, lowlife,
     mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mixed drink, mucker, mudlark, nightcap,
     no-good, parting cup, pauvre diable, piker, pilgarlic,
     poor creature, poor devil, pousse-cafe, punch, ragamuffin, ragman,
     ragpicker, roadster, rounder, sad case, sad sack, ski bum,
     skid-row bum, stiff, stirrup cup, stray, street Arab,
     street urchin, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion,
     tennis bum, tramp, traveler, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag,
     vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel,
     wee doch-an-dorrach, worthless fellow, wretch