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  1. 1. n. a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown Source: wordnet
  2. 2. n. a drink taken at sundown Source: wordnet
  3. 3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called fromhis 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 (butnot all swagmen are sundowners). Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown n. a drink taken at sundown Source: ecdict

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