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sundowner
noun- an itinerant traveller AUSTRALIA, 1868
So-called from their habit of arriving at a country property just on sundown so that they can ask for sustenance without being given any manual labour. - SUNDOWNER–A tramp. — Gilbert H. Lawson, A Dictionary of Australian Words and Terms, 1924
- Jacky Dow loathed swagmen of any description, irrespective of whether they were “sundowners” merely looking for tucker and shelter for the night or jobless men tramping the tracks in search of employment. — Bill Wannan, Bullockies, Beauts and Bandicoots, p. 44, 1960
- What? Sundowners never pay fares. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 48, 1965
- a senile patient who is quiet during the day but becomes agitated at dark US
- — Maledicta, p. 39, 1983: “More common patient-directed pejoratives used by medical personnel”
- any alcoholic drink enjoyed at the end of the day UK, 1938
Recorded in India, Singapore, the East Indies and Australia; also in south and east Africa. - Sundowners with the Home Secretary was rising-star stuff for sure. — Ben Elton, High Society, p. 219, 2002
- a VF-111 combat aircraft US
The plane was first deployed in 1942 in the Pacific with the mission of shooting down Japanese “Suns”. Deployed in Korea and Vietnam. - Joining the “Sundowners,” as VF-111 was nicknamed, in turnaround, Weigand had been one of the two new pilots Ruliffson was considering for his wingman. — Robert K. Wilcox, Scream of Eagles, p. 228, 1990
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