WORD WIZARDRY

GUESS THE DEFINITION Orlop (coined 1467) A) a ship’s lowest deck B) a scarecrow C) a hangman’s noose PHRASE EXPLAINED

At the 11th hour — meaning at the last moment, it alludes to the parable in the gospel of Matthew in which labourers hired for the vineyard started work late in the afternoon ‘at the 11th hour’ and were paid the same as those who had ‘borne the burden and heat of the day’.