hindermost

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The horses kicked out in every direction, not liking such close quarters; the hindermost forcing their way in, the foremost unable to go any farther in the narrow space.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

"Their eggs upon a heap of straw, Then loitering hindermost, the more."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various

It is nothing more nor less than the old rule of "The Devil take the hindermost."

From Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Held in Boston, in February, 1851. by Various

All respect for persons, rank, or position, was completely lost sight of, commoners pushing past râjas in their deadly fear of being the hindermost, who is the proverbial prey of the pursuing devil.

From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir

Still the Szeklers persisted in remaining, and there is no knowing what they might not have done, had not one of the hindermost suddenly exclaimed— "Let us go to Bonczhida!"

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r