Meaning of arvo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Afternoon.
   Australia, New-Zealand, informal
2. Initialism of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

““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.’”

““Yeah, he only works on a Saturday arvo,” Kelly told her. “I think the place is packed on that day, because girls come from everywhere just to get a glimpse of him. He's hot as.””

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