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In some senses, afters is marked as informal, British, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
afters
noun 5
Collocations
4VERB + AFTERS
bit, doesn't, get, getting, having, leave, like, want
AFTERS + NOUN
grandad, morkel, morne, mum, rice, semolina, tom, you've
PREP.
till, until, with
ADV.
really, usually
Definitions
noun
1
Dessert.
What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
2
The festivities held after a wedding meal.
To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters.
3
Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.
42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves.
Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players.
4
An after-hours drinking session in a public house.
The lights flashed when the landlord shouted, “Last round of drinks before bar closes. Here^([sic]) me folks, no 'Afters' tonight mates!”
It was an afters pub, which meant it closed at 11 p.m., doors bolted, but with us all inside.
5
After-school care service.
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What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
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To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters.
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42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves.
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She'd like honeydew melon for afters.
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Would you like something for afters?
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Would you like some afters?
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