'Sundowner' definitions:
Definition of 'sundowner'
From: WordNet
noun
A tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
noun
A drink taken at sundown
Definition of 'Sundowner'
From: 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.]
Synonyms of 'sundowner'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aperitif,
- Arab,
- beach bum,
- beachcomber,
- beggar,
- beggarly fellow,
- blighter,
- bo,
- Bowery bum,
- 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,
- Mickey,
- Mickey Finn,
- 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