sundowner / ˈsʌnˌdaʊ nər /

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sundowner 的定义

n. 名词 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.

sundowner 近义词

sundowner

等同于 disciplinarian

更多sundowner例句

  1. After the rain ended, we took a bottle of wine to a slab of granite rock just beyond camp for a sundowner.
  2. The news of his return spread quickly and several officials dropped in for a "sundowner."
  3. He longed each night for the usual "sundowner," but had determined not to open his one remaining bottle, in case of accident.
  4. Sundowner: (Historical) A swagman who arrives at a place too late for work, but looking for food and/or shelter.
  5. 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.
  6. An old sundowner, chancing to pass along the road, stopped in the hopes of a yarn.