"after-clap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: after-claps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} after-clap (plural after-claps)
  1. Alternative form of afterclap Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: afterclap
    Sense id: en-after-clap-en-noun-Mzg1rYCO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1782, letter from Benjamin Franklin to Robert Morris, 9 January, 1782, published in The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin: volume VII (John Bigelow, editor; →ISBN in 2008",
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