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Definition of Afterclap
1. n. An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Definition of Afterclap
1. Noun. An unexpected subsequent event or repercussion. ¹
2. Noun. Something happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. ¹
3. Noun. A problem or danger that arises after a threat is supposed to have passed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afterclap
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterclap
Literary usage of Afterclap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"For lie can give us an afterclap when we least weene, that is, suddenly returne
unawares tu us, and then be giveth us au afterclap that ..."
2. Echoes of France: Verses from My Journal and Letters by Amy Robbins Ware, Farnham Company, Minneapolis, Minn (1920)
"THE afterclap My journey from the Argonne with prisoners of war Whose lives may
yet be forfeit ere they reach the Blighty shore, Has dealt me such a ..."
3. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"afterclap, e6. An unexpected subsequent event, consequence, or result; usually
of an unpleasant kind. Midlands. 'For he [the devil] can give us an ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"... he [the devil] can give us an afterclap when we least weene, that is, suddenly
returne unawares to us, and then he giveth us an ..."
5. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"Cf. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.—Acts, ix. 5. Beware of an
afterclap.—Dr. Take heed of after claps that fall.—Turberville, Love. ..."
6. Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its by Powys-land Club (1889)
"afterclap, an unpleasant outcome of a matter supposed to have been settled.
"Then he giveth us an afterclap that overthroweth us."—Latimer. ..."
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