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Definition of Last minute
1. Noun. The latest possible moment. "At the last minute the government changed the rules"
Definition of Last minute
1. Noun. (idiomatic) An arbitrary (non-specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task. ¹
2. Adjective. (idiomatic) Very close to a deadline. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Last Minute
Literary usage of Last minute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Biographies of Lady Russell, and Madame Guyon by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1832)
"I am, to the last minute of my life, your most obedient wife, R. RUSSELL."
FROM LONDON TO STRATTON. 1680. " My thoughts being ever best pleased when I, ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"The last minute recorded in the old book was December 30, 1897. By reference to
this book it will be noted that the proceedings each year, when the company ..."
3. Seven Weeks in Hawaii by Minnie Leola Crawford (1920)
"I can see the disgusted look on your face and hear you say : "Why put it off
until the last minute ?" But you see we are on the travel so hard that we only ..."
4. Management and Executive Control: Internal Management that Pays--dividing (1919)
"This newspaper copy was not only interesting and informative, but also effective
in lessening the last- minute rush of depositors to the bank. ..."
5. The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical (1853)
"is payable at the times mentioned in the reservation, but not till the last minute
of the day on which it is payable. Rent-service may be discharged in ..."
6. A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson (1913)
"last minute. I may here say that, when all was over, I found I had omitted many
things from the holocaust. This very diary was not included. ..."
7. The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia by Georgia General Assembly (1904)
"Resolved That in the last Minute but two of the same day the following Words.
Viz' Their own Benefaction be inserted after the Words three Guineas. ..."
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