Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/July 23

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Word of the day
for July 23
last chance saloon n
  1. (chiefly Western US, historical) A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town.
  2. (chiefly British, figuratively) A place that one is said to inhabit when facing an imminent disaster with diminishing or limited remaining opportunities to avoid it; a last chance to take action.

Today is the eve of the day when the Academy-Award-winning American western film High Noon premiered 70 years ago on 24 July 1952.

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