afters
Britishnoun
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informal dessert; sweet
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slang a confrontation or physical violence between football players immediately after they have been involved in a challenge for the ball
Example Sentences
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Queer joy and queer love that end in "happily ever afters" also exist.
From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023
Benson Riseman, co-founder of financial technology firm Green Dot Corp., is one of the happily ever afters.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022
The joy of a buffet of elections is being able to graze on the details that emerge beyond the main headlines - the political afters while most people are gorging on the main course.
From BBC • May 9, 2021
The scene involves a group of young fairy godmothers-in-training and is further recognition of how everybody deserves their own individual happily ever afters by showing a nonbinary kid is among the new class.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2020
Befores and afters, dos and don’ts, Farewells and hellos and good-byes.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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