hindermost
Example Sentences
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Life was a scramble and devil take the hindermost with him.
From Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
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
In a moment he had borne down the hindermost.
From Kings in Exile by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
And between the hindermost and the squamosal there is an intervening bar of bone, unknown among mammalia, which moves upon the skull by a joint, just as the lower jaw moves upon it.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
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.