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Definition of Last but not least
1. Adverb. In addition to all the foregoing. "Last not least he plays the saxophone"
Definition of Last but not least
1. Adverb. An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Last But Not Least
Literary usage of Last but not least
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... the long gallery (generally on an upper floor), which was an important
characteristic of the Elizabethan house; and last but not least, the adherence to ..."
2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1850)
"... the number of engravings too limited, the technical terms are in many instances
altogether different, and last but not least, many of the theorems come ..."
3. The New America and the Far East: A Picturesque and Historic Description of by George Waldo Browne, Henry Cabot Lodge, Joseph Wheeler, Kogoro Takahira, John Davis Long, Leonard Wood, Charles Herbert Allen (1912)
"last but not least. WITH the imperfect knowledge that the Occidental possesses,
he can have but a vague realization of the actual situation in India. ..."
4. The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources by George Washington Howard (1873)
"... our elegant hotels, oar influential and numberless commercial houses, bringing
to the city honor and wealth ; and last but not least, to our able press. ..."
5. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
"... and last, but not least, were the slaves, male and female, offered for sale
iu the open market. Here were offered strong men, robust women and children, ..."
6. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"Last, but not least, have to be considered the large array of industries and
interests indirectly affecting, or affected by, the fisheries, ..."
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