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English
Etymology
From lag + last.
Noun
laglast (plural laglasts)
- (archaic) A pupil ranked behind all others; an academic failure.
1855, Augusta Theodosia Drane, Catholic Legends: a new collection, page 224: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; […]
- 1859, Occasional Papers on University Matters and Middle Class Education; together with full information as to the local examinations and recent University changes (number 1-3, page 17)
- It may be taken for granted, it is said, that where the cleverest boys are best taught, there the laglasts will be whipped up most sharply.