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arvo
ar·vo
/
ˈɑr
voʊ
/
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[
ahr
-voh
]
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noun
Australian Slang.
afternoon
.
Origin:
1930–35;
af(ternoon)
+
-o
, with voicing of
-f-;
ar
is r-less speaker's representation of low back vowel
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arvo
(ˈɑːvəʊ)
—
n
informal
(
Austral
) afternoon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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ARVO
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