"last stitch effort"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED offers a single quote, from an 1883 magazine.  I rest my case.

JL

"Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM> wrote:
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In Webster's Collegiate, American Heritage, Century Dictionary . . . . What's wrong with assumably?

John Baker


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Brace yourself. Within the past year or so I've also seen "assumably."
JL

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