sundowner
Noun
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Noun
sundowner (plural sundowners)
- (Australia, obsolete) 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.
- 2008, Arthur Upfield, Kees de Hoog (editor), Wisp of Wool and Disk of Silver, Up and Down Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XsqJt5edlYYC&pg=PA279&lpg=PA279&dq=%22sundowner%22|%22sundowners%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=7OqkBNGNnb&sig=liQn0cuvMXLi-EARiFCR0q02nDU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P1BsUKPYMuaAiQeB0YDAAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sundowner%22|%22sundowners%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 279],
- What he saw was not usual in this part of Australia - a sundowner, a bush waif who tramps from north to south or from east to west, never working, cadging rations from the far-flung homesteads and having the ability of the camel to do without water, or find it.
- 2010, John Hirst, Looking for Australia: Historical Essays, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v5OBkolXcj4C&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=%22sundowner%22|%22sundowners%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=x98IS3nGdi&sig=rb1a6MIvcd2bymhOwrhFGCvyQgE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P1BsUKPYMuaAiQeB0YDAAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sundowner%22|%22sundowners%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 60],
- Like the Australian sundowners, some of these trampers were suspected of never wanting to find a job.
- 2008, Arthur Upfield, Kees de Hoog (editor), Wisp of Wool and Disk of Silver, Up and Down Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XsqJt5edlYYC&pg=PA279&lpg=PA279&dq=%22sundowner%22|%22sundowners%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=7OqkBNGNnb&sig=liQn0cuvMXLi-EARiFCR0q02nDU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P1BsUKPYMuaAiQeB0YDAAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sundowner%22|%22sundowners%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 279],
- (Australia, obsolete) An itinerant worker, a swagman.
- (nautical) A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown.
- (medicine, colloquial) A patient, usually demented, who tends to become agitated in the evening.
- 1977, Jules Hymen Masserman, Current Psychiatric Therapies, page 179,
- These patients may improve by day only to relapse at night (nocturnal delirium or sundowner's syndrome).
- 1989: William H. Reid, The Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: Revised for the DSM III R., page 71 ↗,
- They generally occur in the evening or at night in the form of "sundowner" syndrome, as a result of diminished sensory input and social isolation and/or exposure to an unfamiliar environment (e.g., the hospital).
- 2007 February 7, Dennis Fiely, Dark Ages: For the elderly fighting mental or physical problems, life takes a frightening turn when nighttime comes ↗, The Columbus Dispatch
- “Sundowner′s syndrome” refers to changes in mood and behavior that begin near dusk.
- 1977, Jules Hymen Masserman, Current Psychiatric Therapies, page 179,
- (originally, colonial slang, especially, southern Africa) A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day.
- 1918, Robert Valentine Dolbey, Sketches of the East Africa Campaign, page 117,
- The cocktail, the universal “sherry and bitters” and sundowner will have to be retained.
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 146:
- Mrs. Lowe-Island […] had imagined the Sports Club as a large shadowy veranda, with native servants standing like willing statues around the walls, plenty of sundowners, and that laughter which is the result of personal comment […].
- 2005, Franz Wisner, Honeymoon With My Brother: A Memoir, page 243,
- Per custom, we capped our drives with a sundowner cocktail party at a scenic vantage point.
- 1918, Robert Valentine Dolbey, Sketches of the East Africa Campaign, page 117,
- A cocktail party held in the early evening.
- 2005, Edward M. Bruner, Culture on Tour: Ethnographies of Travel, page 83,
- The Sundowner is basically a cocktail party with a buffet on a riverbank in the bush.
- 2005, Edward M. Bruner, Culture on Tour: Ethnographies of Travel, page 83,
- A physician employed by the government who practises for private fees after his official hours.
- Any worker who practises for private fees after official hours.
- 1956, Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults (volume 108, page 64)
- These "sundowners" hold jobs in other — usually related — trades, and do their servicing nights and weekends.
- 1961, Radio-electronics (volume 32, page 262)
- […] according to Home Furnishings Daily, “Public exposure of the sundowners provides strong support for our campaign for state licensing of TV technicians. […]
- 1956, Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults (volume 108, page 64)
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