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sundowner
['sʌn`daʊnɚ]
n. (澳), (非正)日落, (非正)执律严



sundowner
[ noun ]
  1. a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown

  2. <noun.person>
  3. a drink taken at sundown

  4. <noun.food>




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.]