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afterclap

[ af-ter-klap, ahf- ]

noun

  1. an unexpected repercussion.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of afterclap1

1300–50; Middle English; compare Low German achterklap; after, clap 1
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Example Sentences

Afterclap, aft′ėr-klap, n. an unexpected event happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

It is the afterclap that keeps the people off the Gipsies, and secures for them a sort of toleration wherever they go.

And then the breakages, damages still chargeable; the probable afterclap?

This is a sort of afterclap you little expected, but I cannot possibly afford them at a cheaper rate.

Suddenly the hideous consequences of it all, the afterclap, sounded in their ears.

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