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1836 Foreign Q. Rev. 17 268 The title of the present work, ‘Penultimate World Tour’, indicates that the ultimate tour is yet to come.

1910 Times 17 Jan. 8/6 Mr. Crooks, the Labour candidate, arrived in London on Saturday night from his world tour, and was received both at Charing-cross and at Woolwich with much enthusiasm.

1948 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing viii. 95 By the time Argentina made her first world tour (1929), concert dancing was a ‘fait accompli’.

1971 ‘G. Black’ Time for Pirates v. 84 A very slow world tour from which he returned with reluctance.

2005 Word Feb. 44/1 If rumours currently setting the woods alight prove to be true then the Rolling Stones are about to announce another world tour, to commence either in late 2005 or early 2006.