pip-emma
1pip emma — adv. & n. Brit. colloq. = P.M. Etymology: formerly signallers names for letters PM * * * (ˈ)pip.ˈemə adverb Etymology: from British signalmen s telephone pronunc. of P.M. Britain : after noon * * * /pip em euh/, Brit. in, on, or during the… …
2pip emma — /pip em euh/, Brit. in, on, or during the afternoon. [1910 15; phrase repr. P.M., used by signalmen] * * * …
3pip-emma — /pɪp ˈɛmə/ (say pip emuh) adverb Obsolescent p.m. Compare ack emma. {from a signalling code issued in 1898 by the British War Office} …
4pip emma — adverb in the afternoon or evening …
5pip emma — adverb &noun Brit. dated informal term for p.m. Origin First World War: signallers name for these letters …
6pip emma — a.,adv. World War One signaller s slang for post meridiem …
7ack emma — adv. & n. Brit. colloq. = A.M. Etymology: formerly signallers name for the letters AM * * * (ˈ)ak.ˈemə adverb Etymology: from British signalmen s telephone pron. of A.M. Britain : before noon * * * ack emma /ak emˈə/ (milit sl) adverb Ante… …
8ack-emma — /æk ˈɛmə/ (say ak emuh) adverb Obsolescent a.m. Compare pip emma. {from a signalling code issued in 1898 by the British War Office} …
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