'next-to-last' definitions:

Definition of 'next-to-last'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column" [syn: penultimate, next-to-last]
adjective
Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" [syn: junior(a), third-year, next-to-last]

Definition of 'next-to-last'

From: GCIDE
  • next-to-last \next-to-last\ adj. next preceding the last; as, the figures in the next-to-last column. [Narrower terms: junior(prenominal), third-year]
  • Syn: penultimate. [WordNet 1.5]