hindermost
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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.
Our two hindermost guides were also missing, but we were soon gladdened by seeing them make their appearance, and cheered them with loud and repeated hurrahs.
From An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc by Mesurier, W. H. le
One of the hindermost transports, taking too wide a bend, crashed into the wagon.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis
This figure must have been the hindermost in the procession of Thallophori, and the entire number of these persons is therefore seventeen, not sixteen, as Michaelis makes it.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
It is nothing more nor less than the old rule of "The Devil take the hindermost."
