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- noun Australia, New Zealand, informal
Afternoon .
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Oh, I have a question - what does the word "arvo" mean?
My fiction ranking from around the world appleleaf 2007
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I'll play it while I keep an eye on yet another ODI this arvo!
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Dirk I suggest you watch that doof of an arvo … Mr Hewitsson …. he can squeeze a bunch of egg whites out of a sock.
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And the Naki crew were indeed good company -all off this arvo to "stick pigs" which is apparently something you do at the weekends in the hills rather than in Coventry on a saturday night.
Wales v England: five things we learned from Six Nations 2011 opener 2011
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But guess who walked through my door yesterday arvo?
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Recently one of The Bobettes spotty little oik friends came over on a sunday arvo.
Cheeseburger Gothic » I plan on shooting Havock’s horse out from underneath his skinny butt. 2010
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Unbeknownst to us the malaysian student association had been using our home ground for an impromptu sunday arvo soccer comp.
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I think I spoke too soon yesterday re: the cold/flu - started to feel pretty tired and achy muscles late arvo and had to ride 20km home anyway.
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*Excuses himself while he takes the arvo off work to ponder said KOIs*
Kepler Goes Fishing and Reels in Two KOI | Universe Today 2010
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BTW – I think this is a great type of article that you could have on here regularly – a Friday arvo 'pick of the papers'.
This Week's astro-ph Preprints: Jean Tate's Best Pick | Universe Today 2010
faraway commented on the word arvo
noun, colloquial, Australia & New Zealand: afternoon
September 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word arvo
Interesting! Is this a shortened version of "afternoon," with Australian/New Zealander pronunciation?
September 14, 2007
faraway commented on the word arvo
Yep. Well, I'm not sure about New Zealanders, but generally-speaking, Australians say ARfternoon, yes.
September 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word arvo
I like it. :-) Too bad I'm not in that hemisphere, where I'd be understood.
September 16, 2007
MRBOGGLE commented on the word arvo
-noun
afternoon.
June 9, 2009