afters

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English

Noun

afters (uncountable)

  1. (British, Ireland, informal, uncountable) Dessert.
    What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
  2. (informal) The festivities held after a wedding meal.
    To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters.
  3. (British, Ireland, informal, sports) Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.
  4. (UK, Ireland) An after-hours drinking session in a public house.
    • 2013, Hopeton Gray, Mystic Journeys: Madagascar:
      The lights flashed when the landlord shouted, “Last round of drinks before bar closes. Here me folks, no 'Afters' tonight mates!”
    • 2017, Chris Difford, Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze:
      It was an afters pub, which meant it closed at 11 p.m., doors bolted, but with us all inside.
  5. After-school care service.

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Noun

afters

  1. plural of after

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Spanish

Noun

afters

  1. plural of after
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