Sundowner

n.

1.

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.

Noun	1.	sundowner - a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
	2.	sundowner - a drink taken at sundown

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