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afters
noun- the dessert course of a meal UK, 1909
Originally military; because it comes after the rest of the meal. At the end of an adult meal there is a sexual implication when a man asks “what’s for afters?”. - She got the kids their afters[.] — John Williams, Cardiff Dead, p. 105, 2000
- drinks, or a session of drinking, served in a public house after licensing hours UK
- The guv’nor served us afters, and seemed to like having us around. — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 129, 2000
- the after-effects of too much alcohol IRELAND
- I was glad I was jarred. Then, you’re always glad you’re jarred when you’re jarred. The hassle is the afters. — Eamonn Sweeney, Waiting for the Healer, p. 70, 1997
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