sweet hereafter

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Heaven;paradiseas enjoyed in theafterlife.1885, Mary Lee Demarest, "The Pathway o' the Sea," inA Library of Religious Poetryby Philip Shaff and Arthur Gilman (eds.), Funk and Wagnalls, New York, page 885:Lord, what thou doest noo, an' why,We maunna seek to ken;But sune thesweet hereaftercomes,An' thou wilt tell us then.1903, "Woman Roiled Into Ditch by Train,"The Daily Review(Decatur, Illinois), 22 Mar.:Miss Lacy Stafford of Taylorville was struck by an Illinois Central train at the Sangamon street crossing at 3 o'clock and in the eyes of the spectators she was wafted directly into thesweet hereafterby lightning express.2003,Barbara Kingsolver,The Poisonwood Bible,→ISBN, page174:Owing to his sugarcane habit, his stubby front teeth are all pretty much gone to thesweet hereafter.

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