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Expression: "To give someone a last trade"



 
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Expression: "To give someone a last trade" Wed Oct 24, 2007 18:24 pm  Expression: "To give someone a last trade"		  
Hi

I just heard this on TV about a dying person:

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

Could you please tell me what it means?

Tom
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Expression: "To give someone a last trade" Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:40 am  Expression: "To give someone a last trade"		  
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Not enough context, Tom, and it is not an idiom-- is 'trade' here an exchange or a vocation or ... ?
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