hindermost

Example Sentences

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

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.

Grant Adams was centrifugal; he was not considering himself particularly and was shamelessly taking heed of the hindermost which was the devil’s by right.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

He was running his life on a different motor from the motor which moved Harvey; the town was moving after a centripetal force–every one was for himself, and the devil was entitled to the hindermost.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

He explored the hindermost recesses of his being, and brought forth his secrets for her to share.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

‘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.