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arvo
Also: sarvo, this arvo
The afternoon.
In a sentence
Let’s meet this arvo, after the shops quieten down.
Where it came from
Arvo is an Australian shortening of afternoon, made with the productive -o ending also seen in words such as servo. It is recorded from the 1920s.
- First recorded
- 1920s
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australia-wide