first and last

first and last

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Adjective

first and last (not comparable)

1. (attributive) only

   This is the first and last time I'm doing this.

Noun

first and last (plural firsts and lasts)

1. (idiomatic) A person's combined given name and surname.

Translations

given name and surname

Spanish: nombre y apellido m

Adverb

first and last (not comparable)

1. altogether; wholly
   • 1937, Gian Dàuli, The Wheel Turns (page 345)

     I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death.