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afternoon 2, interjection(dictionary)
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afternoon (iou)



afternoon noun. ME.
[from AFTER preposition + NOON noun: cf. Latin post meridiem.]
The time from midday or lunch-time to evening; this time spent in a particular way. ME.
this afternoon (during) the afternoon of today. TOMORROW afternoon. YESTERDAY afternoon.
Tennyson In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon.
ellipt. As interjection. Good afternoon. colloq. E20.
E. O'Neill Afternoon, Harriet...Afternoon, Ma.
Comb.: afternoon tea: see TEA noun 5(a).