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Definition of Next-to-last

1. Adjective. Next to the last. "The figures in the next-to-last column"

2. Adjective. Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college. "A third-year student"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Next-to-last

newtonian newtonian aberration newtonian flow newtonian fluid newtonian viscosity newtons newts newvamp newwaver newwavers

nex nexible nexin next next-door next-to-last (current term) next door next friend next generation next of kin

next thing one knows next to next to nothing next up nextdoor nextly nextness nextnesses nexts nexus

Literary usage of Next-to-last

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects: Grammar, Selected by Carl Darling Buck (1910)
"P. 265, next to last line of text. ... P. 265, notes, first column, next to last line. For /¡«(/read double. P. 266, 1. 6. ..."

2. Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas by Josiah Hazen Shinn (1908)
"On Page 303, next to last line read "October 22, 1782." On Page 345, thirtieth line read "thirty-sixth year. ..."

3. Text Book of Life Insurance: Being the First Post-graduate Course of the by Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company (1917)
"129, next to last par., after "claims" insert "arising from Life policies and." No. ... 173, 2nd par., next to last line, "receiving" for "requiring. ..."

4. Field Book of Insects: With Special Reference to Those of Northeastern by Frank Eugene Lutz (1918)
"Next to last joint of tarsi spongy beneath; front coxae prominent; last joint of antennae at least as long as the three preceding joints combined ..."

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