afterclap

Etymology 1
From, , equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
 * 2)  An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
 * 3) * 1770,, A Burlesque Translation of , London: S. Hooper, 3rd ed., VolumeI, p.7,
 * May you all live to see Troy out, And when you’ve storm’d the Trojan gaps, May you escape all after-claps.
 * 1) The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
 * 2) * 1753, uncredited translator, The School of Man, London: Lockyer Davis, 2nd ed., pp.102-103,
 * he loves Pleasure; but then, without any Afterclap; fain would he be gathering Roses, but he’s afraid of the Prickles.
 * 1) * 1891,, letter to in Allan Nevins (ed.), Letters of Grover Cleveland, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1933, p.244,
 * My notion is that the Senatorial result in this State is the best that could have been attained. I am not sure about the after-clap, but I think quieter politics in this State will result.
 * 1) * 1926,, diary entry, in Gloria T. Hull (ed.), Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, New York: Norton, 1984, p.196,
 * Seems like no matter where I go, if I have a pleasant time, there is always a nasty afterclap of bad checks following me.
 * 1) A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
 * 2) * 1891, Elizabeth Gilbert Martin (translator), Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand, New York: Scribner, 1891, Chapter4, p.32,
 * The drama of the Revolution is not French alone; it is European. It has its afterclap in every empire, in every kingdom, even to the most distant lands.
 * 1) A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
 * 2) A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
 * 3)  Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
 * 4) * 1877, William Morgan, Contagious Diseases, London: The Homœopathic Publishing Company, Part1, p.35,
 * the fourth stage of the complaint, known as a “gleet,” or afterclap.
 * 1)  A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
 * 2) * 1780,, letter to William Unwin in William Hayley (ed.), The Life and Letters of William Cowper, London: J. Johnson, 1812, p.293,
 * I shall charge you a halfpenny apiece for every copy I send you, the short as well as the long. This is a sort of afterclap you little expected, but I cannot possibly afford them at a cheaper rate.
 * 1) * 1835,, “The Horse Swap” in Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c., Augusta, GA: S. R. Sentinel, p.28,
 * “Now,” said Blossom, as he handed Peter the three dollars, “I’m a man, that when he makes a bad trade, makes the most of it until he can make a better. I’m for no rues and after-claps.”
 * “That’s just my way,” said Peter; “I never goes to law to mend my bargains.”
 * 1)  A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
 * 2)  A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
 * 3) * 1936, (as Anthony Abbot), Murder of a Startled Lady, London: Collins, Chapter7, p.272,
 * we went on in silence to partake of this never-to-be-forgotten luncheon and, as a fitting after-clap, a liqueur from Avignon,
 * 1) A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
 * 2)  Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
 * 3) * 1877, William Morgan, Contagious Diseases, London: The Homœopathic Publishing Company, Part1, p.35,
 * the fourth stage of the complaint, known as a “gleet,” or afterclap.
 * 1)  A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
 * 2) * 1780,, letter to William Unwin in William Hayley (ed.), The Life and Letters of William Cowper, London: J. Johnson, 1812, p.293,
 * I shall charge you a halfpenny apiece for every copy I send you, the short as well as the long. This is a sort of afterclap you little expected, but I cannot possibly afford them at a cheaper rate.
 * 1) * 1835,, “The Horse Swap” in Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c., Augusta, GA: S. R. Sentinel, p.28,
 * “Now,” said Blossom, as he handed Peter the three dollars, “I’m a man, that when he makes a bad trade, makes the most of it until he can make a better. I’m for no rues and after-claps.”
 * “That’s just my way,” said Peter; “I never goes to law to mend my bargains.”
 * 1)  A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
 * 2)  A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
 * 3) * 1936, (as Anthony Abbot), Murder of a Startled Lady, London: Collins, Chapter7, p.272,
 * we went on in silence to partake of this never-to-be-forgotten luncheon and, as a fitting after-clap, a liqueur from Avignon,
 * 1) * 1877, William Morgan, Contagious Diseases, London: The Homœopathic Publishing Company, Part1, p.35,
 * the fourth stage of the complaint, known as a “gleet,” or afterclap.
 * 1)  A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
 * 2) * 1780,, letter to William Unwin in William Hayley (ed.), The Life and Letters of William Cowper, London: J. Johnson, 1812, p.293,
 * I shall charge you a halfpenny apiece for every copy I send you, the short as well as the long. This is a sort of afterclap you little expected, but I cannot possibly afford them at a cheaper rate.
 * 1) * 1835,, “The Horse Swap” in Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c., Augusta, GA: S. R. Sentinel, p.28,
 * “Now,” said Blossom, as he handed Peter the three dollars, “I’m a man, that when he makes a bad trade, makes the most of it until he can make a better. I’m for no rues and after-claps.”
 * “That’s just my way,” said Peter; “I never goes to law to mend my bargains.”
 * 1)  A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
 * 2)  A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
 * 3) * 1936, (as Anthony Abbot), Murder of a Startled Lady, London: Collins, Chapter7, p.272,
 * we went on in silence to partake of this never-to-be-forgotten luncheon and, as a fitting after-clap, a liqueur from Avignon,
 * 1)  A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
 * 2) * 1936, (as Anthony Abbot), Murder of a Startled Lady, London: Collins, Chapter7, p.272,
 * we went on in silence to partake of this never-to-be-forgotten luncheon and, as a fitting after-clap, a liqueur from Avignon,
 * 1)  A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
 * 2) * 1936, (as Anthony Abbot), Murder of a Startled Lady, London: Collins, Chapter7, p.272,
 * we went on in silence to partake of this never-to-be-forgotten luncheon and, as a fitting after-clap, a liqueur from Avignon,
 * 1) * 1936, (as Anthony Abbot), Murder of a Startled Lady, London: Collins, Chapter7, p.272,
 * we went on in silence to partake of this never-to-be-forgotten luncheon and, as a fitting after-clap, a liqueur from Avignon,
 * 1) * 1936, (as Anthony Abbot), Murder of a Startled Lady, London: Collins, Chapter7, p.272,
 * we went on in silence to partake of this never-to-be-forgotten luncheon and, as a fitting after-clap, a liqueur from Avignon,

Etymology 2
From <  +.

Noun

 * 1)  A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
 * 2) * 1905, Reginald Fenton, A Peculiar People in a Pleasant Land, Girard, KS: The Pretoria Publishing Company, Chapter7, p.98,
 * he felt for his gun, and began fumbling at the fastenings of the afterclap.
 * 1) * 1905, Reginald Fenton, A Peculiar People in a Pleasant Land, Girard, KS: The Pretoria Publishing Company, Chapter7, p.98,
 * he felt for his gun, and began fumbling at the fastenings of the afterclap.