Arvo vs Arco - What's the difference?
arvo | arco |
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Afternoon.
* 1960 , John Gunn, The Humpy in the Hills ,
* 2000 , Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II ,
* 2010 , Chris Bray, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island ,
* 2010 , Rebecca Iannone, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind ,
(music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
As a proper noun arvo
is .As an adverb arco is
(music) a note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.arvo
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Alternative forms
* arvyNoun
(en noun)page 46,
- “Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”
page 33,
- 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
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- ‘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.’
page 55,
- “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.”