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

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.

"Every man for himself and the devil take the hindermost" summed up their philosophy.

From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott

The caterpillar is coloured grey and brown, with a black head, and a broad white stripe down the back of the hindermost segments.

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

It's each man for himself in a city office and God help the hindermost.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.