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afters¹

noun

  1. Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable Dessert. What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
  2. informal, uncountable 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. Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable 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.
  4. Ireland, UK, uncountable 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!”
  5. uncountable After-school care service.

afters²

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noun

  1. plural plural of after

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noun dessert

Русскийдесе́рт desért

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@misc{afters_2026,
  title = {afters},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/afters},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}