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Definitions
An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
Word origin
From Middle English afterclap, afterclappe, equivalent to after- + clap. Compare Low German achterklap (“afterclap”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] immediatly after the Vniuersall deluge, Nimrod […] perswaded the people to secure themselues from the like after-claps, by building some stupendious Edifice, which might resist the fury of a second deluge.”
“What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps!”
“AFTERCLAPS, unpleasant things coming after affairs which were supposed ended.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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