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trade-last

trade-last noun: a compliment heard about another person, offered to be repeated to that person in exchange for another repeated compliment about the speaker.

Noun

trade-last (plural trade-lasts)

  1. (US) A compliment heard about another person, offered to be repeated to that person in exchange for another repeated compliment about the speaker.
    • American adolescents regularly deal in "trade-lasts," compliments in exchange for another. They will tell you something flattering about yourself after you tell them a flattering remark you have heard about them.1979, Robert Kirk Mueller, Board Compass, page 102
    • So autobiographical was The Children's Hour that there are even “TL's” between the children, those “trade lasts” in which people must come up with compliments they have heard about each other, a game which amused Lily […]1997, Joan Mellen, Hellman and Hammett, page 71
    Synonyms:
    TL

Synonyms of trade-last

Forms of trade-last

pluraltrade-lasts

Questions about trade-last

What does trade-last mean?
Trade-last means a compliment heard about another person, offered to be repeated to that person in exchange for another repeated compliment about the speaker.
What part of speech is trade-last?
Trade-last is a noun.
What is the plural of trade-last?
The plural of trade-last is trade-lasts.

Words near trade-last in the dictionary

  1. trade winds
  2. trade work
  3. trade worker
  4. trade-in
  5. trade-ins
  6. trade-last
  7. trade-lasts
  8. trade-mark
  9. trade-marked
  10. trade-marking
  11. trade-marks

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