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Less sensible ditching leader - no feasible PM?
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afternoon
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Afternoon is that time of day from 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. Afternoon may also refer to: Afternoon (magazine) , a Japanese manga magazine published by Kodansha Afternoon (newspaper) , a newspaper published in Mumbai, India Afternoon (play) , an 1883 play by ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening; the part of the day following noon which is daylight all year round; the second half of the working day (in regular office hours). n. The part of the day which follows noon, between ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from after + noon . In 15c.-16c., the form was at afternoon ; from c.1600 it has been in the afternoon . Middle English also had aftermete "afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal," mid-14c.
Usage examples of afternoon.
It was now late in the afternoon, and Ralph pondered whether he should abide the night where he was and sleep the night there, or whether he should press on in hope of winning to some clear place before dark.
One Saturday afternoon he absconded and turned himself in at the local police station a few hours later.
He was standing at the embrasure instead, looking out over his city much as I myself had looked out at it from the ramparts of Acies Castle earlier that afternoon.
Matters were in this situation, when Tom, one afternoon, finding Sophia alone, began, after a short apology, with a very serious face, to acquaint her that he had a favour to ask of her which he hoped her goodness would comply with.
He was thinking of something so widely different, being seated, in fact, just opposite to Sara, who, fresh from her afternoon sleep, was looking adorably pensive in her black dress edged with a soft white frill that took a heart-shaped curve in front, just wide enough to show the exquisite hollow in the lower part of her throat.
He was to have taken in the establishment of the Mortlake Aeroplane Company this afternoon.
But if she would like to come here this afternoon with her sewing, the neighbors are coming too, and so is Ali Aga, to amuse us.
Kamposea Agora, several times, bringing her to worship at the Cmiral, spending an entire afternoon with her in the Temple of Xothei, laughing as she marveled at its great dome and listening as she explained how the Ceneians had built it in near antiquity.
Left to himself that afternoon, Alec wandered out into the gardens again.
Watching the girls trying to teach Alec a country dance in the hall one snowy afternoon toward the end of the week, Micum realized he was going to miss the boy when he was gone.
On watch in the fir tree early the third afternoon, Alec saw Stamie emerge though the postern with a large basket on her back and set off into the woods.
On each wall was painted a fantasy mural of the sea, so that it appeared as if they were dining alfresco, on a calm ocean during a bright afternoon, surrounded by graceful sailboats.
She spent the rest of the afternoon in trying to decide between a black alpaca and a green cashmere dress.
Late in the afternoon her voice finally hoarsened and the Amar let her stop.
It was a production he had carried out carefully during the afternoon while he and Amity had worked on the Hermetico project.