sundowner

noun9

1. •
   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. — 1918
2. •
   (informal) 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). — 1977
3. •
   A cocktail party held in the early evening.

   • The Sundowner is basically a cocktail party with a buffet on a riverbank in the bush. — 2005
4. •
   A northerly offshore wind which occurs in California along the southern Pacific slope of Santa Ynez Mountains when a region of high pressure is north of the area (the coast of which trends east to west), often preceding or following a Santa Ana and typically occurring at night and ceasing during the day (hence the name).

   • […] Sundowners originate as a high pressure nudges onto the coast of San Luis […] — 1986
5. •
   A physician employed by the government who practises for private fees after his official hours.
6. •
   Any worker who practises for private fees after official hours.

   • These "sundowners" hold jobs in other — usually related — trades, and do their servicing nights and weekends. — 1956
7. •
   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. — 1985
8. •
   (Australia, no longer used) 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.

   • Like the Australian sundowners, some of these trampers were suspected of never wanting to find a job. — 2010
9. •
   (Australia, no longer used) An itinerant worker, a swagman.