hindermost
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The horses kicked out in every direction, not liking such close quarters; the hindermost forcing their way in, the foremost unable to go any farther in the narrow space.
From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Wilhelmine von Hillern
It was every man for himself, and the dogs, take the hindermost.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
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 F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
These wing-like processes are borne by prolongations of five or six of the hindermost ribs, and can be folded up.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
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 W. H. le Mesurier
