Answer:
The first credit-card-like payment method showed up in 1950 when Ralph Schneider and Frank McNamara founded Diners Club and issued its first cards. But this wasn't truly a credit card.
Explanation:
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The closest meaning is probably just “late” as in “Until the hurrying footsteps of the last late straggler died away.”