sundowner

(-do̵u′nər)

noun

  1. Origin: sundown + -er: from habitually arriving at a stock farm too late for work but early enough to receive a night's lodging and food

    Austral., Informal a tramp or vagrant
  2. Brit., Informal an alcoholic drink taken at sunset
  3. Origin: from requiring return from shore leave by sundown

    Naut., Slang an officer who is a strict disciplinarian

See sundowner in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Australian A vagrant; a tramp.
  2. Chiefly British A drink taken at sundown.

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