afterclap

[ af-ter-klap, ahf- ]

/ ˈæf tərˌklæp, ˈɑf- /

an unexpected repercussion.

Origin of afterclap

1300–50; Middle English; compare Low German achterklap; see after, clap¹

Afterclap, aft′ėr-klap, n. an unexpected event happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various
The War of 1812 has been called by an able historian "the afterclap of the Revolution."

An Account Of The Battle Of Chateauguay |William D. Lighthall
Suddenly the hideous consequences of it all, the afterclap, sounded in their ears.

The Debtor |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
It is the afterclap that keeps the people off the Gipsies, and secures for them a sort of toleration wherever they go.

A History of the Gipsies |Walter Simson

Its afterclap of 1812 displayed little but empty bombast and greed.

An Account Of The Battle Of Chateauguay |William D. Lighthall