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aftergamenoun
A second game played to reverse the issue of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Aftergamenoun
The scheme which may be laid, or the expedients which are practised after the original design has miscarried; methods taken after the first turn of affairs.
Etymology: from after and game.
This earl, like certain vegetables, did bud and open slowly; nature sometimes delighting to play an aftergame, as well as fortune, which had both their turns and tides in course. Henry Wotton.
The fables of the ax-handle and the wedge, serve to precaution us not to put ourselves needlessly upon an aftergame, but to weigh beforehand what we say and do. Roger L'Estrange, Fab.
Our first design, my friend, has prov’d abortive;
Still there remains an aftergame to play. Joseph Addison, Cato.
Webster Dictionary
Aftergamenoun
a second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Aftergame
aft′ėr-gām, n. a second game played to reverse the issue of the first, hence the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aftergame in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aftergame in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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