sundowner
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- noun
- /ˈsʌnˌdaʊnər/
- As the sun began to set, we enjoyed a refreshing sundowner on the patio.
- sipped a sundowner
Examples
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For a nightcap or a sundowner, the hotel's Sunset Bar, accessible via a torch-lit bridge, is perfect.
Blog text (1) -
Perfect sundowner coming up.
Blog text (1) -
Five hours later, the Sundowner was closing.
Fiction book (1990) -
The next morning, a new hired man brought further news: over the weekend, a fight had broken out at the Sundowner.
Fiction book (1990) -
I thought maybe we'd stop off someplace... have ourselves a little sundowner.
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Milton made a plan for the Sundowner: after one draft for sociability, he would play the shuffleboard game.
Fiction book (1990) -
Following his meal at the convenience mart, he would hitch to the Sundowner Lounge at the edge of the reservation.
Fiction book (1990) -
In 1991, Joseph Oncale went to work for Sundowner Offshore Services, but he quit after a few months of repeatedly suffering physical and verbal harassment.
Academic text (1997) -
Title VII is at issue in another guise in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. No. 96-568.
Academic text (1997) -
Every evening, the locals gather at the beach bar for their favorite sundowner just before dusk.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sundowner comes from sundown, the time when the sun goes down. It began as a name for an alcoholic drink taken at that time, so a sundowner is a drink you have at sunset to relax.