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last straw

the last of a sequence of annoyances or troubles that results in a breakdown, loss of patience, etc.: with the

Etymology: from the last straw that broke the back of the overburdened camel in the fable

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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