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Definition of Good afternoon

1. Noun. A conventional expression of greeting or farewell.

Definition of Good afternoon

1. Noun. A greeting said when meeting somebody in the afternoon. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Afternoon

Literary usage of Good afternoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"Good-afternoon. [She sits.] MRS. BLOW. Goliath says the war will go on for ... THE LADIES rise an4 shake hands with him.] LINCOLN. Good-afternoon, ladies. ..."

2. The Real Japan: Studies of Contemporary Japanese Manners, Morals by Henry Norman (1892)
"Various objects are ' good afternoon handed to them to entertain them, a curio or two, a few photographs, anything, no matter what, for it is de rigueur in ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1886)
"good afternoon, FJd. good afternoon, Gold." " Good day, my lord," said Reuben, rather gloomily. He had not spoken until now, and Ferdinand had wished to ..."

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