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afterpiece

American  
[af-ter-pees, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌpis, ˈɑf- /

noun

  1. a short dramatic piece performed after a featured play.


afterpiece British  
/ ˈɑːftəˌpiːs /

noun

  1. a brief usually comic dramatic piece presented after a play

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of afterpiece

First recorded in 1770–80; after + piece

Example Sentences

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Their antics earned the notice of Billboard magazine, whose reviewer wrote, “Martin and Lewis do an afterpiece that has all the makings of a sock act,” using showbiz slang for a successful show.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2017

Tales My Father Taught Me, the latest entry in this sibling revelry, is an afterpiece entirely devoted to his patrician papa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unknowingly, he has already been betrayed by a Judas among his disciples who, in an afterpiece to the fable, tries to free himself of the ownership and taint of the 30 pieces of silver.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was waiting for Mariana, her pretty mistress, who had that night, in the afterpiece, been acting the part of a young officer, to the no small delight of the public.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Andrew to appear in the afterpiece of the Rape of the Lock.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 by Various

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