hindermost
Example Sentences
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There is an immense interval between the foremost and the hindermost in the army of God.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles
And anyhow, when you've been as long in this game as I have, you'll realize that the motto of the profession is 'Everybody for himself and the devil take the hindermost'!
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
Proud of his long limbs and of his stately antlers, he led them all down the hill, running back now and then to urge the hindermost ones into line.
From Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Deming, Edwin Willard
"Every man for himself and the devil take the hindermost" summed up their philosophy.
From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott
She sets her own pace--and Heaven help the hindermost!
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.