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Definition of Last gasp
1. Noun. The point of death or exhaustion or completion. "The last gasp of the cold war"
Definition of Last gasp
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of last-gasp) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Last Gasp
Literary usage of Last gasp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... Tories ; you are at your last gasp ! You have had many warnings, and many kind
invitations ! ' 14. — YESTERDAY, the inhabitants of the town of Boston ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1814)
"... his greatness lay at the last gasp of life. amiliar intercourse ? Tliat persons
who had, previously, been exemplary th.ough lile, should be sentenced to ..."
3. Curran and His Contemporaries by Charles Phillips (1850)
"A state must be driven to the last gasp, when it is driven to seek protection in
the abandonment of the law—in that melancholy avowal of its weakness and ..."
4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"I was shown up stairs to the sick room, and there, sir, I saw the unfortunate
girl, speechless, at the last gasp absolutely. ..."
5. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"The rebellion seems once more at its last gasp; the Duke is marched, and the
rebels fly before him, in the utmost want of money. The famous Hazard sloop is ..."
6. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"The rebellion seems once more at its last gasp; the Duke is marched, and the
rebels fly before him, in the utmost want of money. ..."
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