afterpiece
Example Sentences
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Their antics earned the notice of Billboard magazine, whose reviewer wrote, “Martin and Lewis do an afterpiece that has all the makings of a sock act,” using showbiz slang for a successful show.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2017
Tales My Father Taught Me, the latest entry in this sibling revelry, is an afterpiece entirely devoted to his patrician papa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unknowingly, he has already been betrayed by a Judas among his disciples who, in an afterpiece to the fable, tries to free himself of the ownership and taint of the 30 pieces of silver.
From Time Magazine Archive
The operetta has only three acts, and is followed by no farce or afterpiece.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
He then pointed out to him the afterpiece it would be proper to produce on that occasion; adding, that doubtless it would recommend him to no usual degree of favor.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
