arvo

Definition

Afternoon.

Etymology

Clipping of afternoon + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Example Sentences

• "“Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”"
• "The usual reaction of a footsoldier observing such incidents is well summed up by the comments of Private Derrick in the Salient at Tobruk: ‘Seen a human side of the war yesterday arvo Red Cross partys [sic] burying dead & treating wounded one of our partys were fired on by enemy & I will always remember it’.⁵⁰"
• "‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’"