AFTERPIECE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("afterpiece" is a kind of...):

piece (an artistic or literary composition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "afterpiece"):

exode (a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater)

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