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Dictionary definition: ‘LAST’. taboo word
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Copyright© A Dictionary of Superstitions 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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‘LAST’. taboo word
1904
E. V. LUCAS
Sussex
173 [Brighton]
When the last net was overboard the master said, ‘Seas all!’ … If he were to say, ‘Last net,’ he ...
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