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单词 touch-last
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touch-lastn.

Brit. /ˈtʌtʃlɑːst/, /ˈtʌtʃlast/, U.S. /ˈtətʃˌlæst/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: touch v., last adv.
Etymology: < touch v. + last adv.
Now rare.
The children's game of ‘tag’ (tag n.2 1). Also figurative. Cf. touch n. 6f.
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tick1622
hide-and-seek1724
tag1738
tig1816
touch-last1825
touch1828
widdy widdy way1832
touch and run1844
tiggy1845
widdy1859
Tommy Touchwood1876
pom-pom-pull-away1883
pull-away1883
squat tag1883
stoop tag1898
he1900
it1969
shadow tag1969
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Tig,..A game among children, in which one strikes another and runs off... This game in S[cotland] is the same with Touchlast in E[ngland].
1902 Little Folks Aug. 113/1 Let's play ‘Touch last’. Look out, I'm ‘He’!
1927 Sunday Express 17 July 8/2 The younger and sprightlier guests..played ‘touch last’ on the lawn.
1995 C. Sanger Malcolm MacDonald xl. 430 He wrote happily of..fox cubs playing a game of ‘touch last’ on the lawn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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