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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

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