Definition of "sundowner" []

• Australian A vagrant; a tramp. (noun)
• Chiefly British A drink taken at sundown. (noun)

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• "He told me it is a race against time and a race against what they call the sundowner winds."
• "The latest fire remained out of control and firefighters were on alert for a predicted return of a "sundowner" - fierce winds that sweep down late in the day from the Santa Ynez Mountains towering close behind Santa Barbara."
• "The latest 1,300-acre fire remained out of control and firefighters were on alert for a predicted return of a "sundowner" - fierce winds that sweep down late in the day from the Santa Ynez Mountains towering close behind Santa Barbara."