afterpiece
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of afterpiece
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
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
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
We still speculated indolently as to the nature of the afterpiece in which we assumed this ex-hero of our comedy might yet appear.
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett
But here I saw the marvellous ballet, or afterpiece, called Die Berggeist; and I will tell you why I think it marvellous.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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