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af·ter·noons

   [af-ter-noonz, ahf-]
adverb
in or during any or every afternoon: He slept late and worked afternoons.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; afternoon + -s1

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af·ter·noon

   [n. af-ter-noon, ahf-; adj. af-ter-noon, ahf-, af-, ahf-]
noun
1.
the time from noon until evening.
2.
the latter part: the afternoon of life.
adjective
3.
pertaining to the latter part of the day.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see after, noon

Related forms
pre·af·ter·noon, noun, adjective
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afternoons (ˌɑːftəˈnuːnz)
 
—adv
informal during the afternoon, esp regularly

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afternoon
c.1300, from after + noon (q.v.). In 15c.-16c., the form was at afternoon; from c.1600 till now it has been in the afternoon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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