Laglast

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pupil ranked behind all others; an academic failure. archaic

    "Master Roland says I am a dunce if I do not make them; and shall abide as I am, the laglast of the school, till I better know how to scan my lines, and have learnt the difference between a trochee and a spondee; […]"

Example

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"Master Roland says I am a dunce if I do not make them; and shall abide as I am, the laglast of the school, till I better know how to scan my lines, and have learnt the difference between a trochee and a spondee; […]"

Etymology

From lag + last.

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