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Definition of First and last
1. Adverb. Taking everything together. "She was first and last a scientist"
Definition of First and last
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A person's combined given name and surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of First And Last
Literary usage of First and last
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1858)
"MY first and last NOVEL. PABT I. Ton asked me once if I had ever had a secret
from my husband. Answering " Yes," I promised some day to tell you all about ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... taste and judgment of the excellent and eminent person to whom the first and
last are addressed: " DR. JOHNSON TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. " 16th May, 1776. ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"He is said to have been the discoverer of the method upon which the great pyramid
was constructed. Laurence at Southampton, and Barton. The first and last ..."
4. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by John Todhunter, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman (1880)
"FRAGMENT: PEACE first and last. THE babe is at peace within the womb, The corpse
is at rest within the tomb, We begin in what we end. ..."
5. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"So look over all outward sufferings, and look at the Lord and the Lamb, who is
the First and Last, the Amen; in whom farewell. GF' In the sixth month the ..."
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