hindermost
Example Sentences
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‘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.
"It's head for tall timber, and the Greeks take the hindermost," adjudged the cheerful sailor, while Ole was stuttering over what would happen when we came to the end of the river.
From Tales of the Fish Patrol by Varian, George
It is nothing more nor less than the old rule of "The Devil take the hindermost."
The larv� are generally to be distinguished by a couple of little horns on one or more of the hindermost segments, and in most cases they pupate beneath the surface of the soil.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.
Observe its long and slender legs, its humped middle segments, and its upturned hindermost segment, of enormous size and mounted with a pair of clubbed 'horns.'
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.
