Definitions for sundowner

sundowner sun·down·er

Spelling: [suhn-dou-ner]
IPA: /ˈsʌnˌdaʊ nər/

Sundowner is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 362 anagrams from letters in sundowner (dennorsuw).

Definitions for sundowner

noun

  1. Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
  2. Australian. a tramp or hobo, especially one who arrives at a homestead near sundown in order to avoid having to work in exchange for shelter.

Origin of sundowner

First recorded in 1870-75; sundown + -er1

Examples for sundowner

It was no sundowner, not even a man from Boonara, out on the jag, who had wandered in a half-frenzied condition so many miles.

Once a man becomes a "sundowner" he is useless for any honest employment.

The news of his return spread quickly and several officials dropped in for a "sundowner."

After the rain ended, we took a bottle of wine to a slab of granite rock just beyond camp for a sundowner.

Now grooms were hard to get, especially at the price I could afford to pay, and I did not want a man of the sundowner stamp.

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

Also it's safe to draw a sundowner sitting listlessly on a bench on the veranda, reading the Bulletin.

sundowner: (Historical) A swagman who arrives at a place too late for work, but looking for food and/or shelter.

He longed each night for the usual "sundowner," but had determined not to open his one remaining bottle, in case of accident.

Word Value for sundowner
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Words with friends

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