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[ af-ter-din-er, ahf- ] / ˈæf tərˈdɪn ər, ˈɑf- /
adjectiveimmediately following dinner: an after-dinner speech. Origin of after-dinnerFirst recorded in 1570–80 Words nearby after-dinneraftercast, afterclap, aftercooler, afterdamp, afterdeck, after-dinner, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterguard, afterhearing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for after-dinnerOutside, to the left of the revolving doors, is where he would smoke his after-dinner cigarette. Michael Hastings' Hunger for Life|Jack Gray|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST A school classroom suddenly seems like an after-dinner speech. Redford Takes on Rahm in the Furious Blur of ‘Chicagoland’|Tim Teeman|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Jennie Yabroff on the new frontier in after-dinner indulgence. High-Concept Desserts from Star Chefs|Jennie Yabroff|January 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST Dona Keefe, the mom from Indianapolis, is all-too-familiar with this during-school, after-dinner, full-time gangster business. The Mafia Moms|Brian Ries|September 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Last night's after-dinner discussion confirmed the depressing reality of recent years. My Dinner With Ahmadinejad|Stephen Kinzer|September 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST He enjoyed these after-dinner naps, and the place was conducive to them. The Rival Campers Ashore|Ruel Perley Smith A few days later Abner Pickett was sitting on his porch enjoying an after-dinner smoke. Pickett's Gap|Homer Greene It will be observed that many of our earliest teaspoons were no larger than the present after-dinner coffee spoons. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings|Mary H. Northend Between the after-dinner hour and bedtime, or while his yacht picked her way up the Sound, these tales filled him with surprise. The White Mice|Richard Harding Davis Here her husband smoked his after-dinner cigar and drank his coffee before going to his work again. Home Life in Germany|Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
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