last call

[last kawl]

noun

1. an announcement made in a bar shortly before service of alcoholic beverages ends (sometimes used attributively): I’m getting too old for last call hookups.

   We do last call 30 minutes before we close the doors, and we stop serving drinks 10 minutes after last call.

   I’m getting too old for last call hookups.

Word History and Origins

Origin of last call¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

“We played the jukebox while democracy fell,” Price sings, while the bartender yells that it’s last call and you’re still crying in your beer.

From Salon

Last Call Theatre, a local interactive-focused performance group, has found a way to give us a taste of buccaneering — without the pesky consequences of being captured by the Royal Navy or succumbing to a rum-induced liver disease.

From Los Angeles Times

Like all of Last Call’s shows, there are multiple ways to watch — or play.

From Los Angeles Times

“It definitely was our most critically and financially successful show we put on,” says Ashley Busenlener, Last Call’s executive director.

From Los Angeles Times

It also gets to the heart of Last Call’s ambitious with “Pirates Wanted.”

From Los Angeles Times