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morning-after

a. Of or relating to a contraceptive that may be effective up to several days after sexual intercourse has taken place. n. The after-effects of a drinking session; a hangover.

Usage examples of "morning-after".

A man who could get a morning-after pill in the Arab Republic of Egypt would have no problem getting hold of a gun.

Consider the social ramifications of fission and fusion power, supercomputers, data `highways', abortion, radon, massive reductions in strategic weapons, addiction, government eavesdropping on the lives of its citizens, high-resolution TV, airline and airport safety, foetal tissue transplants, health costs, food additives, drugs to ameliorate mania or depression or schizophrenia, animal rights, superconductivity, morning-after pills, alleged hereditary antisocial predispositions, space stations, going to Mars, finding cures for AIDS and cancer.

When she saw his Bad Cop scowl, her morning-after smile died like a moth in a killing bottle.

She'd told Linus that the morning-after pill was for her friend, Jenny, but it wasn't.

So, whatever means of contraceptionshe'd been using, she must have had an accident anaccident she hadn't been aware of, otherwise she'd haverushed out for a morning-after pill.

Had he managed to get the new girl to bed and was now about to have one of those morning-afters beside her?