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pip emma

pip emma adverb: expansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.

Adverb

pip emma (not comparable)

  1. (UK) Expansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.
    • On the spot, ready to the last button, at twelve pip emma.1938, P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters

Origin of pip emma

From pip (“P”) + emma (“M”) in RFC WWI signalese.

Words that rhyme with pip emma

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Questions about pip emma

What does pip emma mean?
Pip emma means expansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.
What part of speech is pip emma?
Pip emma is an adverb.

Words near pip emma in the dictionary

  1. piously
  2. piousness
  3. piousnesses
  4. pip
  5. pip at the post
  6. pip emma
  7. pip pip
  8. pip pip pip
  9. pip to the post
  10. pip-pip
  11. pip-pip-pip

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