afters

See also: Afters

English

Noun

(British, Ireland, informal, uncountable) Dessert.
What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
(informal) 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.
(British, Ireland, informal, sports) Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.
- 2010 David Lewis South Africa v England - as it happened: Proteas rip into top order as tourists flounder Daily Mail (16 January 2010):
  42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves.
- 2012 May 12, Nine-man Harps crushed in Wexford, Donegal News:
  Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players.
(UK, Ireland) An after-hours drinking session in a public house.
- 2013, Hopeton Gray, Mystic Journeys: Madagascar:
  The lights flashed when the landlord shouted, “Last round of drinks before bar closes. Here^[sic] me folks, no 'Afters' tonight mates!”
- 2017, Chris Difford, Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze:
  It was an afters pub, which meant it closed at 11 p.m., doors bolted, but with us all inside.
After-school care service.

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} десерт (bg) (desert)

Noun

afters

plural of after

Anagrams

farest, faster, freats, strafe

Spanish

Noun

afters

plural of after