Sunday traveller

Sunday traveller
   obsolete Irish
   an illegal drinker of intoxicants at an inn
   At one time only a bona fide traveller could legally be served with intoxicants on Sundays in Ireland:
    ... a door consecrated to the unobtrusive visits of so-called 'Sunday Travellers'. (Somerville and Ross, 1897)

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