Sundowner

Quick meaning: Sundowner is a noun meaning (Australia, obsolete) An itinerant worker, a swagman.

Meaning

(Australia, obsolete) An itinerant worker, a swagman.

More Meanings

1. (nautical) A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown.
2. (medicine, colloquial) A patient, usually demented, who tends to become agitated in the evening.
3. (originally colonial slang, especially southern Africa) A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day.
4. A cocktail party held in the early evening.
5. A physician employed by the government who practises for private fees after his official hours.
6. Any worker who practises for private fees after official hours.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

“Sundowner′s syndrome” refers to changes in mood and behavior that begin near dusk.

The cocktail, the universal “sherry and bitters” and sundowner will have to be retained.

Like the Australian sundowners, some of these trampers were suspected of never wanting to find a job.

These patients may improve by day only to relapse at night (nocturnal delirium or sundowner's syndrome).

Word Forms

• sundowners

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