last call
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Late in the evening, Mick left with a parishioner who asked for counseling, and I sat at the bar until last call."
- "Boston isn’t the only city eyeing later last calls—and later business hours in general—as a means to juice local business and give downtowns a more youthful edge and vibrant, cosmopolitan feel."
- "I'm wedged in between a couple of squealing woo girls who are guzzling margs like it's last call […]"