last post

American  

noun

1. post26

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last post British  

noun

1. a bugle call that orders men to retire for sleep

2. a similar call sounded at military funerals

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Example Sentences

“This is the last post of the day, is it not?”

From Literature

There's the two-minute silence and then the Last Post is played by a bugler, reverberating around Westminster rather than the usual roar of traffic.

From BBC

That was the last post featuring his actor wife.

From Los Angeles Times

The last post on his own Weibo account, which has more than 880,000 followers and had been updated daily with Buddhist teachings, is dated 24 July.

From BBC

Just 27 children gathered on the school steps for a final ceremony marked by an Alpine bugler with a feather in his hat, who sounded the Last Post as the Italian flag was lowered.

From BBC