next to last

Adjective

 * 1)  Penultimate, one before the end of a series, placed immediately before the end in a sequence.
 * Go ahead and rest. We board the plane next to last.
 * This is the next-to-last night of my vacation.

Usage notes
In addition to the Latinate, the traditional English expressions for this idea were and (less often). Following the 1920s, American use has favored to the point that  functions as a Britishism. While continues to be somewhat more popular in Britain,, , and other such phrases have been gaining in popularity.

Synonyms

 * See.