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arvo
noun
afternoon AUSTRALIA, 1927
From the first syllable of “afternoon” (with voicing of the “f”) and -o suffix. Extremely common colloquially, usually in the phrase “this arvo”, giving rise to the common reanalysis “the sarvo”. Other forms, rare in print, are “afto”, the simple “arve” and also “aftie” and “arvie”.- I’ll try an’ drop back this arvo an’ see how yer goin’. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 34, 1957
- It’s a nice arvo and we’ll trot back. — J. E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 145, 1960
- Jeez, what a snidger time we had on them bygone arvoes! — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 15, 1968
- [H]e screamed and said if there wasn’t thirty quid in the mail by this arvo he’d come and strip the joint – TV, ‘fridge, washing machine, the ruddy lot. — Geoff Wyatt, Saltwater Saints, p. 20, 1969
- JJJeez, I could do with one this arve. Bugger it, I’ll have a go. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 10, 1979
- Well young man, I’m going to put you into surgery this arvo and give you a good hard probe. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 61, 1995
- Late in the arvo his team came to him[.] — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 41, 2003
- I have never seen this written before and always thought it was ‘this arvey’. — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
- In South Australia the term “this arftie” is used instead of arvo. — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
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