arvo

[ ahr-voh ]
/ ˈɑr voʊ /

noun Australian Slang.

afternoon.

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Origin of arvo

1930–35; af(ternoon) + -o, with voicing of -f-; ar is r-less speaker's representation of low back vowel

Words nearby arvo

aruspicy, aruwimi, arv, arvada, arvn, arvo, ary, aryan, aryanize, aryballos, aryballus
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British Dictionary definitions for arvo

arvo
/ (ˈɑːvəʊ) /

noun

Australian informal afternoon
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