afters.
Dessert.
Meaning & usage
Dessert.
What are we having for afters, Mum? I really want ice cream.
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.
Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.
An after-hours drinking session in a public house.
After-school care service.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after English -s English afters From after + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
plural of after
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