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Sundowner \Sun"down`er\, n.
A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from
his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and
a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also {traveler}
and {swagman} (but not all swagmen are sundowners).

Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then
come in with the demand for unrefusable rations.
--Francis
Adams.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


Swagman \Swag"man\, n.
A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called
also {swagsman}, {swagger}, and {swaggie}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling,
`Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' --[Waltzing
Matilda, an
Australian
tune.]
[PJC]