hindermost
Example Sentences
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"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
Valentine tried to get into the hindermost row.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
In a moment he had borne down the hindermost.
From Kings in Exile by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
"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
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
