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SUNDOWNER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drink taken at sundown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("sundowner" is a kind of...):
drink (a single serving of a beverage)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sundowner" is a kind of...):
clochard; drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)
Domain region:
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
