The Collaborative International Dictionary
afternoon lady
Four-o'clock \Four"-o'clock`\, n.
(Bot.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.
(Zo["o]l.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words.
Usage examples of "afternoon lady".
Look into some of the interesting afternoon lady drinkers he'd seen, the housewives with their gimlets and stingers and Black Russians.
The next afternoon Lady Andrade stood in the conference tent, setting the seal of Goddess Keep on a score of documents.