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arvo

[ ahr-voh ]

noun

, Australian Slang.


arvo

/ ˈɑːvəʊ /

noun

  1. informal.
    afternoon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arvo1

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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