pip emma en · ADV
Etymology
From pip (“P”) + emma (“M”) in RFC WWI signalese.
Meanings
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(UK, not-comparable) 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:
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Translations (2)
fi ii pee (informal: in the evening) · uk після обід (informal: in the evening)