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Definition of Last-ditch
1. Adjective. Of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster). "A last-ditch attempt"
Definition of Last-ditch
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) final, as a last resort; done in desperation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Last-ditch
Literary usage of Last-ditch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"conquer" in their tone, that one is forced to the belief that they think themselves
very near that last ditch CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., TO HIS FATHER ..."
2. Dramatic Opinions and Essays: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"ROMANCE IN ITS LAST DITCH The Vagabond King: a play in four acts. By Louis N.
Parker. Theatre Metropole, Camberwell. 18 October, 1897. ..."
3. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"... THE LAST DITCH IN BELGIUM A: ARNO DOSCH LITTLE piece of the Low Countries, so
small I walked across it in two hours, was 'all that remained of Belgium ..."
4. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"The Yser was the last ditch in the Bel- n . . gians' last Belgium. Belgians were
able to hold that mere strip of land ..."
5. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"THE LAST DITCH EVE, through your varied views on Art Untiring have I followed
you, Content to know I had your heart And was your Art-ideal, too. ..."
6. The Wanderings of a Spiritualist by Arthur Conan Doyle (1921)
"Last ditch of materialism.—Sitting with Mrs. Bisson's medium, .Eva.—Round the
Aisne battlefields.—A tragic intermezzo.—Anglo-French Rugby match. ..."
7. History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades: 1861-1865 by Robert S. Bevier (1879)
"FORT BLAKELY IN THE SWAMPS ON THE GULF THE LAST DITCH THE WHITE FLAG THE END,
APRIL QTH, 1865. )T Tupelo and Verona the Missouri Brigade was once more on ..."
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