The Collaborative International Dictionary
After-dinner \Aft"er-din`ner\, n.
The time just after dinner. ``An after-dinner's sleep.''
--Shak. [Obs.] -- a. Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an
after-dinner nap.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Usage examples of "after-dinner".
They had sat on the sofa in front of the fire, talking quietly of many things while he sipped an after-dinner brandy, his favorite.
As these worthies strolled through the richly furnished room leisurely smoking their after-dinner cigars Conward would make a swift summary of their rise from liveryman, cow puncher, clerk or labourer to their present affluence, occasionally appealing to Dave to corroborate his statements.
Gyles Brandreth, who has earned thousands of pounds and a reputation for wit making after-dinner speeches, appreciated my support when he seconded the Loyal Address on 15 November.
Latter dies of an overdose of morphia administered in her after-dinner coffee.
Westwind, the celebrated criminal lawyer, after-dinner speaker, and vestryman of St.
Sometimes, though not always, I would throw in a few housecleaning jobs, citing as references former housemates and a friend in Key West whom I have at least helped with after-dinner cleanups now and then.
This time Tobas stayed awake, but contributed little to the after-dinner conversation, as it seemed to be made up almost entirely of boasting about prior exploits.
Displeased that the lead should be withdrawn from him, he turned to Clara and related one of the after-dinner anecdotes of Dr.
Their after-dinner guest sat on his haunches and raised his muzzle to howl back.
Calais where one night, while having his first after-dinner calvados, he watched a ten-year-old girl pierce her cheek with steel needles in return for whatever change the patrons tossed her way.
Barmby, Peridon and Catkin named other dishes, there was the right after-dinner ring in Victor's ears, thanks to the woman of the world who had travelled round to nature and led the shackled men to deliver themselves heartily.
Coole, coroner for the division (who had been attending at Castle Boterel that very day, and was having an after-dinner chat with the doctor when Lord Luxellian arrived).
The laird made no bones about the fact that one of theobjects of the prospective masquerade was a chess tournament withlive chessmen as a kind of after-dinner entertainment.
She had drunk a few cocktails, the better part of a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, and two after-dinner brandies.
She now endorsed products on television, opened supermarkets, gave after-dinner speeches, emceed gong shows.