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after-dinner, n.|ˌɑːftəˈdɪnə(r), æ-|
[after- 1.]
†1. As n. A space of time after dinner devoted to recreation; the remainder of the day after dinner, the afternoon. Obs.
1576Sandford (title) Houres of recreation or Afterdinners. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 121 An after Dinners breath. a1618Raleigh Brev. Hist. Eng. (1693) 53 Upon an After⁓dinner, Henry won so much at Chess of Louis..that he grew..into Choler..and threw the Chess in his face.
2. attrib. Taking place after, or following dinner; esp. before leaving the table at a festivity.
1730Swift Panegyrick on the Dean IV. i. 142 Taking her after-dinner nap. 1790Burke Fr. Revol. 44 The sermons of the Old Jewry and the after-dinner toasts of the Revolution Society. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey v. xiii. 238 An after-dinner anecdote, which ought to be as piquant as an anchovy toast. 1840Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) V. 262 A drowsy after-dinner oration. 1875Helps Soc. Press. xviii. 246 The favourable after-dinner moment, when most men are most ready to promise that they will give liberally. |