sundowner

1. (Australia, obsolete) An itinerant worker, such as a swagman, who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily accepts food and lodging.Examples: "What he saw was not usual in this part of Australia - a sundowner, a bush waif who tramps from north to south or from east to west, never working, cadging rations from the far-flung homesteads and having the ability of the camel to do without water, or find it."; "Like the Australian sundowners, some of these trampers were suspected of never wanting to find a job."Australiaobsolete

2. (Australia, obsolete) An itinerant worker, a swagman.Australiaobsolete

3. (nautical) A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown.Examples: "Arrogant, aloof, and suspicious, a “sundowner,” or strict disciplinarian, King inspired respect in many but affection in few."

4. (medicine, colloquial) A patient, usually demented, who tends to become agitated in the evening.Examples: "These patients may improve by day only to relapse at night (nocturnal delirium or sundowner's syndrome)."; "They generally occur in the evening or at night in the form of "sundowner" syndrome, as a result of diminished sensory input and social isolation and/or exposure to an unfamiliar environment (e.g., the hospital)."; "“Sundowner′s syndrome” refers to changes in mood and behavior that begin near dusk."colloquial

5. (originally colonial slang, especially southern Africa) A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day.Examples: "The cocktail, the universal “sherry and bitters” and sundowner will have to be retained."; "Mrs. Lowe-Island […] had imagined the Sports Club as a large shadowy veranda, with native servants standing like willing statues around the walls, plenty of sundowners, and that laughter which is the result of personal comment […]."; "Per custom, we capped our drives with a sundowner cocktail party at a scenic vantage point."AfricaSouthernespecially