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Expression: "To give someone a last trade"

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#1 (permalink) Wed Oct 24, 2007 17:24 pm Expression: "To give someone a last trade"

Hi

I just heard this on TV about a dying person:

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...when he was given his last trade..."

Could you please tell me what it means?

Tom

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#2 (permalink) Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:40 am Expression: "To give someone a last trade"

. Not enough context, Tom, and it is not an idiom-- is 'trade' here an exchange or a vocation or ... ? . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

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