arternoon

English

Noun

arternoon (plural arternoons)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of afternoon.
    • 1847, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter III, in The Crater; or, Vulcan’s Peak. A Tale of the Pacific. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Burgess, Stringer & Co., →OCLC, page 44:
      This oversight of the arternoon has made me somewhat conscientious, if I can be conscientious, and my sight and hearing are now both wide awake.
    • 1883, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist‎[1]:
      "Good arternoon, sir," said a man who, with a short whip in his hand, trudged beside the white horse that towed the barge.
    • 1909, Louise Forsslund, Old Lady Number 31‎[2]:
      But, Blossy, yew better give me a chance ter talk to him this arternoon, an' mebbe I'll speak a good word fer yer."
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