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Noun: bitter end  bi-tu(r) end
  1. The final extremity (however unpleasant it may be)
    "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"
     
  2. (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt

Derived forms: bitter ends

Type of: end, extremity, terminal

Part of: line

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