1601 H. Clapham Ælohim-triune vii. sig. C2^v Philo Greeke-Iewe concluding plaine, The after worke was still the best:..Angels were latter then the rest.

a1674 Earl of Middleton Short Narr. Estate Affairs Scotl. in T. Brown Misc. Aulica (1702) 182 Those who were for..having a stock of it [sc. rebellion] still remaining, and the Covenant to lye still as a ground of afterwork, if need were.

1683 J. Collinges Intercourses Divine Love (new ed.) vii. 133 They vexed the Spirit by an afterwork, rebelling against his word, not being obedient to what they were taught.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks I. iii. 307 The manner of thus anticipating Philosophy, may make the afterwork of Reason..proceed the more heavily.

1758 J. Edwards Great Christian Doctr. Orig. Sin Defended ii. ii. 186 Depravity and Perverseness properly belong to Mankind as they are naturally, and..a Being made pure, is by an After-work.

1877 H. Bonar My Old Lett. viii. 191 Yet would I seek A time of breathing and a place of rest, To fit me for the after-work of life.

1882 Cent. Mag. May 98/2 The thin, pretty volume, ‘A Year's life’, does show traits of its author's after-work, but not so distinctly as many books of the kind.

1907 Sat. Rev. 30 Mar. 389/2 Six leaves of a sketchbook joined together, just as they were, with no afterwork.

1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. 1 There is the man who considers that the picture is created the moment it is taken, to whom ‘afterwork’ is the work of the devil.

1990 Antique Collector Oct. 60/3 Prices are generally dependent on variants in age, rarity,..and standard of afterwork.