arvo

[ ahr-voh ]

nounAustralian Slang.

Origin of arvo

1
First recorded in 1930–35; af(ternoon) + -o, with voicing of -f-;ar is r-less speaker's representation of low back vowel; cf. humorously dialectal spelling 'arf for Cockney pronunciation of half

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British Dictionary definitions for arvo

arvo

/ (ˈɑːvəʊ) /


noun
  1. Australian informal afternoon

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