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afterpiece

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


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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

Dismissed from the Stranger, however, the stage-book probably reappears in the afterpiece.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton

With armor on, I continue the march, command and countermand; meantime interluding with loving thought this afterpiece of battle.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker




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