afterdeal
English
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Etymology
From Middle English afterdele. Equivalent to after- + deal.
Noun
afterdeal (plural not attested)
- Disadvantage.
- 1889, Sir Thomas Mallory, La morte d'Arthure: The history of King Arthur and of the Knights
- And thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that one partie was at a foredele and anon at an afterdele, which endured long.
- 1955, Barbara Winchester, Tudor family portrait:
- Johnson & Company's account was now at an afterdeal, and Richard simply did not know where to find the money to pay their debts.
- 1889, Sir Thomas Mallory, La morte d'Arthure: The history of King Arthur and of the Knights
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