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Meaning of after-clap | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“What he loses by Venus he thinks to recover by Mercury, but catches his cure as an after-clap, that commonly proves the worse disease of the two.”

“Sir:—I have long feared that by our continually worrying the ministry here with successive after-clap demands for more and more money, we should at length tire out their patience.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

after-conduct after-cost after-dinner speech after-discovered evidence after-eatage after-effect