ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lastling

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lastling is a noun meaning Someone or something that is last.

Meaning

Someone or something that is last.

Example Sentences

He, however, who would be a firstling, let him take care lest he also become a lastling!
Then I pray thee to take heart again, And say to them, O my beloved lastling: 'Give heed at least how beautiful I am.'
The later worms, either the lastlings from the early brood or the product of subsequent broods, may remain in the apple when it is harvested, particularly in an apple picked before it is quite mature and from which the worm has not escaped.

Word Forms

Antonyms for lastling

Common opposites include firstling.

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