"lastminute.com" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From lastminute.com, name of an online travel and leisure retailer; see .com (“Internet top-level domain”). Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} lastminute.com
  1. (informal, humorous) Synonym of last minute (“close to a deadline”) Wikipedia link: lastminute.com Tags: humorous, informal Synonyms: last minute [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-lastminute.com-en-adj-m9fkfyJz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2002, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 381:",
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          "ref": "2005, David Harvie, Shut Them Down!, page 204:",
          "text": "We decided all this on Tuesday July 5 (very lastminute.com).",
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          "ref": "2021, Chinelo Bally, Sew Chinelo:",
          "text": "(A further point to bear in mind is that you may not always have someone handy to take the measurements for you, especially if, like me, you are a bit lastminute.com, always making your clothes on the day you actually need them!)",
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