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• pip emma
  pip emma

  adverb

  in, on, or during the afternoon.
• pip-emma
  pip-emma

  adverb

  in the afternoon; p.m Compare ack-emma

pip emma

American  

[pip em-uh] / ˈpɪp ˈɛm ə /

adverb

British.

1. in, on, or during the afternoon.

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pip-emma British  

/ ˈpɪpˈɛmə /

adverb

1. old-fashioned in the afternoon; p.m Compare ack-emma

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Etymology

Origin of pip emma

First recorded in 1910–15; phrase representing P.M., used by signalmen

Example Sentences

“No boat allowed to move in harbour after six pip emma, sah, thank God, please.”

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.

A machine will be detailed to leave the ground at 10:30 pip emma and lay three fresh eggs on the railway-station at ——.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 19, 1917 by Various