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
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
Would you learn what men gain by admitting a member of the fair sex into their conspiracies? read the tragedy of "Venice Preserved"; and, by way of afterpiece, this little chapter.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
For example, Mrs. Sheridan's Discovery opened 3 February 1763 and ran for ten nights before an afterpiece was added.
From Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch by Dempster, George
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