trade-lastn.

Brit.

/ˈtreɪdlɑːst/,

/ˈtreɪdlast/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪdˌlæst/

Forms: 1800s– trade-last, 1900s– trade-lash, 1900s– trade-latch.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trade v., last n.⁴

Etymology: < trade v. + last n.⁴Compare the phrase will you trade your last compliment, reported by W. Gore (1896, in Inlander 6, 153) as being in frequent use in Eastern Missouri in 1886, with a shortened version will you trade your last having arisen ‘about three years later’. Compare also last-go trade (1930, earliest in South Carolina). Dialect Notes 1 (1896) 426 also reports the forms trade-lassie and trade-me-lass.

U.S. colloquial. Now somewhat dated.

A compliment relayed by an intermediary, which he or she will only disclose to the recipient on the condition that the recipient reports a compliment made about the intermediary. Also more generally: a compliment of any kind.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > [noun] > reciprocal

trade-last1890

1890 J. Hughes Chapters Camp Life vi. 65 With tears in her eyes, and extravagant promises to tell the thousand trade-lasts she had in store for her, she piteously begged her to return the stolen article.

1891 R. Kipling in Author July 42 Some day they'll be a Public—not a girl's school swapping Trade-lasts.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 12 It was based upon some ‘trade-lasts’ gleaned at dancing-school, to the effect that he was ‘awful good-looking’.

1949 M. Mead Male & Female 456 I set myself to collect varieties of little-known folk-customs like trade-lasts.

1975 I. Shaw Nightwork v. 57 ‘While on the subject,’ she said, ‘let me give you a t.l.’ ‘What's a t.l.?’ ‘..T.l. stands for trade last. A compliment. You gave almost the best performance of anyone I've slept with in this town.’

1989 D. Michaelis Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl ii. vi. 98 It wasn't..the Old Golds, or the trade-lasts, or the irresistible excitement of the Mansfield circle that drew me back.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trade-last
释义	trade-lastn. Brit. /ˈtreɪdlɑːst/, /ˈtreɪdlast/, U.S. /ˈtreɪdˌlæst/ Forms: 1800s– trade-last, 1900s– trade-lash, 1900s– trade-latch. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trade v., last n.⁴ Etymology: < trade v. + last n.⁴Compare the phrase will you trade your last compliment, reported by W. Gore (1896, in Inlander 6, 153) as being in frequent use in Eastern Missouri in 1886, with a shortened version will you trade your last having arisen ‘about three years later’. Compare also last-go trade (1930, earliest in South Carolina). Dialect Notes 1 (1896) 426 also reports the forms trade-lassie and trade-me-lass. U.S. colloquial. Now somewhat dated. A compliment relayed by an intermediary, which he or she will only disclose to the recipient on the condition that the recipient reports a compliment made about the intermediary. Also more generally: a compliment of any kind. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > [noun] > reciprocal trade-last1890 1890 J. Hughes Chapters Camp Life vi. 65 With tears in her eyes, and extravagant promises to tell the thousand trade-lasts she had in store for her, she piteously begged her to return the stolen article. 1891 R. Kipling in Author July 42 Some day they'll be a Public—not a girl's school swapping Trade-lasts. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 12 It was based upon some ‘trade-lasts’ gleaned at dancing-school, to the effect that he was ‘awful good-looking’. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female 456 I set myself to collect varieties of little-known folk-customs like trade-lasts. 1975 I. Shaw Nightwork v. 57 ‘While on the subject,’ she said, ‘let me give you a t.l.’ ‘What's a t.l.?’ ‘..T.l. stands for trade last. A compliment. You gave almost the best performance of anyone I've slept with in this town.’ 1989 D. Michaelis Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl ii. vi. 98 It wasn't..the Old Golds, or the trade-lasts, or the irresistible excitement of the Mansfield circle that drew me back. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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