last-born
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of last-born
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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They represented the single biggest gain in educational attainment in U.S. history—from 10% of their first cohorts getting high school diplomas to 50% of their last-born cohorts.
From Forbes • Jul. 30, 2014
“I buried my last-born last year, and now I have to bury my first-born.”
From Chicago Tribune • Jul. 9, 2014
By the time her last-born was of school age, she’d had it up to here with boys, and saw salvation in her local tennis club.
From Newsweek • Aug. 26, 2010
Henceforth his people know him as Kuna Jo-Uk�God's last-born, the immortal ret of the Shilluks.
From Time Magazine Archive
He smiled crookedly, wondering what his father would say when Theon told him that he, the last-born, babe and hostage, he had succeeded where Lord Balon himself had failed.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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