arvo
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɐː.vəʉ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- (British) IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːvəʊ
Noun
arvo (plural arvos)
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Afternoon.
- 1960, John Gunn, The Humpy in the Hills, page 46:
- “Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”
- 2000, Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II, page 33:
- The usual reaction of a footsoldier observing such incidents is well summed up by the comments of Private Derrick in the Salient at Tobruk: ‘Seen a human side of the war yesterday arvo Red Cross partys [sic] burying dead & treating wounded one of our partys were fired on by enemy & I will always remember it’.50
- 2010, Chris Bray, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island, unnumbered page:
- ‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’
- 2010, Rebecca Iannone, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind, page 55:
- “Yeah, he only works on a Saturday arvo,” Kelly told her. “I think the place is packed on that day, because girls come from everywhere just to get a glimpse of him. He's hot as.”
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afternoon
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