last meal

noun

A final meal that a prisoner may choose before being executed.

“Heathers: the Musical - Dead Girl Walking Cuz Heather says I gotsta go / You're my last meal on death row / Shut your mouth, and lose them tighty-whities!”

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Meanings

nounlast meal (plural last meals)

plural last meals

  1. A final meal that a prisoner may choose before being executed.

    Heathers: the Musical - Dead Girl Walking Cuz Heather says I gotsta go / You're my last meal on death row / Shut your mouth, and lose them tighty-whities!

    1 more example

    Inmate Arthur Dennis Rutherford, who was executed in Florida on October 18, 2006, enjoyed a last meal of fried catfish, fried green tomatoes, fried eggplant, hush puppies, and sweet tea.

    2007, Lee Lofland, Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers

Translations

Dutch galgenmaal
  • galgenmaalfinal meal before being executed
Finnish viimeinen ateria
  • viimeinen ateriafinal meal before being executed
French dernier repas
  • dernier repasfinal meal before being executed
German Henkersmahlzeit, Henkersmahl
  • Henkersmahlzeitfinal meal before being executed
  • Henkersmahlfinal meal before being executed
Italian ultimo pasto
  • ultimo pastofinal meal before being executed
Japanese 最後の食事
  • 最後の食事 (saigo no shokuji)final meal before being executed
Polish ostatni posiłek
  • ostatni posiłekfinal meal before being executed
Spanish última comida
  • última comidafinal meal before being executed
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“last meal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20meal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “last meal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20meal.

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