"postwhistle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: post- + whistle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|whistle}} post- + whistle Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} postwhistle (not comparable)
  1. After the whistle is blown in a sports match. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-postwhistle-en-adj-N4Pr5P7F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with post-

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          "ref": "1988 November 18, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "While the Redskins were trying to prove, at this point, that they belonged on the same field as the Bears, and while they did so with a constant sequence of postwhistle pushing and shoving matches, the Bears were quite simply blowing them off the football.",
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