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arvo

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7
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8
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4
Pronunciation
/ˈɐː.vəʉ/
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/ˈɐː.vəʉ/ · /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/

Definition of arvo

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, informal)Afternoon.
    ““Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.””
    “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”
    “‘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.’”
    ““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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noun

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, informal)Afternoon.
    ““Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.””
    “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”
    “‘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.’”
    ““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.””

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

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Etymology

Clipping of afternoon + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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