afterpeak

 [af-ter-peek, ahf-]  

af·ter·peak

   [af-ter-peek, ahf-]
noun Nautical.
the extreme after part of the interior of a hull, especially that part below the water immediately forward of the sternpost (opposed to forepeak).
Origin:
after + peak1
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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afterpeak (ˈɑːftəˌpiːk)
 
—n
nautical the space behind the aftermost bulkhead, often used for storage

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