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.