sundowners

Meaning of sundowners

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

Information about sundowners

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of sundowners is: sundowner.
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Hyphenation of sundowners

sun-down-ers

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • sundowners is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with sundowners

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