undermost
Example Sentences
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The two grappled, and rolled on the floor, Frank undermost.
From Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Of these last, indeed, he seemed to be in dread, for, whenever one was presented to him, he retired to a corner, and coiled himself up, with his head undermost.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
They tugged and tore at each other for a moment or two, and then went down together, falling on their sides, Wanless, being, if anything, rather undermost.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Alexander Johnstone Wilson
The weight of this rottenness lay heaviest of all on the labouring poor, who stood undermost in the social scale.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Alexander Johnstone Wilson
In another moment the two figures rolled upon the deck, and the flaxen head was undermost.
From Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine by W. B. Gilbert
