AFTERNOON
ADJECTIVES
► POMERIDIAN belonging to the afternoon → 1575
NOUNS
► AFFIE afternoon → 1990 sl.
► AFT afternoon → 1885 Amer. sl.
► AFTER afternoon → 1900 Aust. & US sl.
► AFTER-DINNER afternoon → 1927 Amer. dial.
► AFTIE ► AFTY afternoon → 1927 Aust. sl.
► AFTO ► ARFTO afternoon → 1927 Aust. sl.
► ARVE afternoon → 1927 Aust. sl.
► ARVIE afternoon → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
► ARVO afternoon → 1927 Aust. sl.
► AVVO afternoon → 1930 sl., chiefly Aust.
► DAY DOWN late afternoon; sunset → 1894 Amer. dial.
► OVERNOON afternoon; midday → 1779 obs.
► SARVEY ► SARVIE this afternoon → 2003 Aust. sl.
► SARVO this afternoon → 1930 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SHANK OF THE AFTERNOON late afternoon → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHANK OF THE EVENING late afternoon, near the close of day → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► UNDERMEAL the time of undern (the forenoon; later used especially for the early part of the afternoon) → 1000 obs.
► UNDERN the forenoon → 1684 Eng. dial. obs.
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