hindermost
Example Sentences
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"Every man for himself and the devil take the hindermost" summed up their philosophy.
From The American Empire by Scott Nearing
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
It's each man for himself in a city office and God help the hindermost.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen
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 Rex Ellingwood Beach
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 Edwin Willard Deming
