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Noun
bitter end

1. nautical that part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor

1. idiom The end of a long and difficult process.

Related terms
bitts
to the bitter end

Translations
end of process:

Finnish: katkera loppu

See also
last gasp
end of one's rope

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• 2006-12-11 09:57 - Connel MacKenzie - +cat

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