last-ditcheryn.

Brit.

/lɑːs(t)ˈdɪtʃ(ə)ri/,

/las(t)ˈdɪtʃ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌlæs(t)ˈdɪtʃəri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds, -ery suffix.

Etymology: < last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds + -ery suffix. Compare last-ditch adj. and earlier last-ditcher n.

The action of fighting to the last ditch; the maintaining of resistance or opposition to the end.

ΚΠ

1889 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 10 June 4/3 (heading) Professional last-ditchery.

1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles i. 6 Potticary..approved of last ditchery in Arabia but found it boring to live with.

1943 Life 12 July 100/2 An emerging leadership which, if it were successful against the arid ‘last ditchery’ of the Conservative back benchers could put new life into the Tory Party.

2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Mar. (Art section) 4 The diehard last-ditchery of the Duke of Wellington, his allies and descendants, who see each extension to the franchise as an invitation to revolution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	last-ditchery
释义	last-ditcheryn. Brit. /lɑːs(t)ˈdɪtʃ(ə)ri/, /las(t)ˈdɪtʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌlæs(t)ˈdɪtʃəri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds, -ery suffix. Etymology: < last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds + -ery suffix. Compare last-ditch adj. and earlier last-ditcher n. The action of fighting to the last ditch; the maintaining of resistance or opposition to the end. ΚΠ 1889 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 10 June 4/3 (heading) Professional last-ditchery. 1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles i. 6 Potticary..approved of last ditchery in Arabia but found it boring to live with. 1943 Life 12 July 100/2 An emerging leadership which, if it were successful against the arid ‘last ditchery’ of the Conservative back benchers could put new life into the Tory Party. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Mar. (Art section) 4 The diehard last-ditchery of the Duke of Wellington, his allies and descendants, who see each extension to the franchise as an invitation to revolution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889
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