"I'll probably be doing a lot of last-minute shopping this year."

Nora Helmer, a beautiful young wife, has been out doing some last-minute shopping.

Presently she said brightly, "I have some very last-minute shopping to do.

But last-minute shopping need not seem done at the last minute.

Still, everyone seemed to agree that last-minute shopping, particularly on Christmas Eve, helped the picture a lot.

We do some last-minute shopping for gifts and pack our clothes.

I told him she had some last-minute shopping, but I could see he was hurt.

What is the latest you can leave that last-minute shopping?

I had also thought that I could do some last-minute shopping for my son's camp trunk.

The order has to have been placed by midnight the night before, eliminating any notion of last-minute shopping.