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afterclap

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈæftə(ɹ)klæp/Sorted aaceflprtStarts with AEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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