tussocker

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a New Zealand namefor a Sundowner (q.v.).

1889. Vincent Pyke, `Wild Will Enderby':

«Now, a `sun-downer,' or `tussocker' – – for the terms aresynonymous – – is a pastoral loafer; one who loiters about tilldusk, and then makes for the nearest station or hut, to beg forshelter and food.»