"afterwhile" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "after + while",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, Part 2, p. 242",
          "text": "[…] as soon as the man called the track they hurried fast, so they got two seats and turned them to face each other, and afterwhile the train pulled out […]",
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        "Afterwards."
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        "(US, dialect) Afterwards."
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  "etymology_text": "after + while",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Afterwards."
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        "(US, dialect) Afterwards."
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