hindermost

Example Sentences

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"It's head for tall timber, and the Greeks take the hindermost," adjudged the cheerful sailor, while Ole was stuttering over what would happen when we came to the end of the river.

From Tales of the Fish Patrol by Varian, George

"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

‘I thought that time of cramped penance would never end, but at last the hindermost buck got his head safe behind a welcome ridge, and then we were soon up and after them.’

From Three in Norway by Two of Them by Clutterbuck, Walter J.

Here a silken carpet is spun as before described; but the caterpillar, instead of clinging with all its claspers, suspends itself in a vertical position by its hindermost pair only.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.

In a moment he had borne down the hindermost.

From Kings in Exile by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir