Last seen of vegetarianism, then swallow – this? (4)
I believe the answer is:
meat
'this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'last seen of vegetarianism then swallow' is the wordplay.
'last seen of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'then' says to put letters next to each other.
'swallow' becomes 'eat' (swallow can mean to consume or eat up).
The last letter of 'vegetarianism' is 'm'.
'm'+'eat'='MEAT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meat that I've seen before include "Ham, pork, chicken etc" , "Eg, beef or pork" , "Spam, ham, lamb etc" , "Flesh for eating" , "Food for carnivores" .)