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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sundowner
n 1: a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
2: a drink taken at sundown
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sundowner
n.
(lb en Australia obsolete) An itinerant worker, such as a swagman,
who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily
accepts food and lodging.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
sundowner
n.
(lb en Australia obsolete) An itinerant worker, such as a swagman,
who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily
accepts food and lodging.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
sundowner
n.
(lb en Australia obsolete) An itinerant worker, such as a swagman,
who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily
accepts food and lodging.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
sundowner
n.
(lb en Australia obsolete) An itinerant worker, such as a swagman,
who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily
accepts food and lodging.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Sundowner /sˈʌndaʊnə/
الخمر، المتشرّد
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
sundowner /sˈʌndaʊnə/
tulák
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sundowner /sˈʌndaʊnə/
Abendtrunk , Dämmerschoppen , ein Gläschen am Abend
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sundowner /sˈʌndaʊnə/
[Austr.] [NZ] Herumtreiber , Landstreicher , Stadtstreicher , Tramp , Tippelbruder [Dt.] [ugs.] , Stromer , Streuner , Vagabund [veraltend] [pej.]
Synonyms: vagrant, tramp, down-and-out, king of the road, knight of the road, dosser, hobo, bum, bagman, swagman, derro, vagabond
see: vagrants, tramps, kings of the road, knights of the road, dossers, hobos, bums, bagmen, sundowners, swagmen, derros, vagabonds, young vagrant, teenage vagrant
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
sundowner /sˈʌndaʊnə/
1. estebéd
2. lusta csavargó
3. napnyugtakor lakott helyre érkezô csavargó
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
sundowner /sˈʌndaʊnə/
1. (k. dili) serseri kimse
2. Avustralya'da dilenci serseri
3. (argo) çok sıkı disiplinli gemi süvarisi.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "sundowner":
Arab, Bowery bum, Mickey, Mickey Finn, aperitif, beach bum,
beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bo, 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, 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
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 流浪汉;暮后小饮;晚酌
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