afterpiece
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of afterpiece
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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
These Mimes were originally represented as a sort of afterpiece, or interlude to the regular dramas, and were intended to fill up the blank which had been left by omission of the Chorus.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
King's College Chapel was the scene originally intended for this outrage; but the graver academic programme there lasted so long that the Queen could not stay for the afterpiece.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
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