afters n.
1. pudding, dessert.
Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 3/1: Afters (Devon), Sweets — pies and puddings. | ||
N&Q 12 Ser. IX 345: Afters. A second dinner-course, as rice or stewed figs. | ||
None But the Lonely Heart 301: There’s some afters coming up. | ||
Grass in Piccadilly 169: There was a lot of wonderful stuff prepared for ‘afters’. | ||
Cockney 290: A Cockney woman is unlikely to ask the greengrocer for goosgogs [...] but quite likely to inform her husband that such a combination is to be the ‘afters’ for dinner. | ||
Breath of French Air (1985) 192: The party wouldn’t be complete if the children didn’t have custard and jelly for afters. | ||
Right to an Answer (1978) 40: What’s for afters? | ||
Little of What You Fancy (1985) 565: They still had afters to come: the Christmas pudding and brandy. | ||
Only Fools and Horses [TV script] Well, what about the old afters eh? | ‘Christmas Crackers’||
Dandy Comic Library Special No. 210 11: And what’s for afters? | ||
It Was An Accident 184: Maybe they wanted to purchase a bit of Blue Mountain coffee for afters. |
2. in fig. use of sense 1, an extra, a bonus, both negative and positive.
Hell on Hoe Street 262: He went down and they gave him a kicking for afters. |
3. after-hours drinking in a public house.
‘English Und. Sl.’ in Variety 8 Apr. n.p.: Having afters — Staying in saloon to drink after time (closing). |