sundowner

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.

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.

An itinerant worker, a swagman.

A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown.

Arrogant, aloof, and suspicious, a “sundowner,” or strict disciplinarian, King inspired respect in many but affection in few.

A patient, usually demented, who tends to become agitated in the evening.

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).

A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day.

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 […].