Meaning of Afters | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dessert.
   British, Ireland, informal, uncountable
2. The festivities held after a wedding meal.
   informal, uncountable
3. Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.
   British, Ireland, informal, uncountable
4. An after-hours drinking session in a public house.
   Ireland, UK, uncountable
5. After-school care service.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.”

“To keep costs down at our wedding, we only had family at the banquet, but invited all our friends to the afters.”

“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.”

“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.”

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