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Afterpiece   Listen
noun
Afterpiece  n.  
1.
A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
2.
(Naut.) The heel of a rudder.





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"Afterpiece" Quotes from Famous Books



... entertainment. I seized with avidity the first opportunity of seeing the Zauberfloete here, and here also I saw Don Giovanni: the former as perfectly, in every respect, as the latter was inefficiently, performed. But here I saw the marvellous ballet, or afterpiece, called Die Berggeist; and I will tell you why I think it marvellous. It is entirely performed by children of all ages—from three to sixteen—with the exception of the venerable-bearded old gentleman, ...
— A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three • Thomas Frognall Dibdin


Words linked to "Afterpiece" :   exode, piece


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