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aftertales

aftertales is the plural of aftertale.

Meaning of aftertale

Noun

aftertale (plural aftertales)

  1. Evil talk; slander; defamation.
    • Our cad's bit of strife (knee Bareniece Maxwelton) with a quick ear for spittoons (as the aftertale hath it) […]1999, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
  2. A postscript added to the end of a story.
  3. A postscript added where a story should end.

Questions about aftertales

What is aftertales the plural of?
Aftertales is the plural of aftertale.

Words near aftertales in the dictionary

  1. aftersun
  2. afterswarm
  3. afterswarming
  4. afterswarms
  5. aftertale
  6. aftertales
  7. aftertaste
  8. aftertastes
  9. aftertax
  10. aftertest
  11. aftertests

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