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 Walter J. Clutterbuck
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
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
The caterpillar is coloured grey and brown, with a black head, and a broad white stripe down the back of the hindermost segments.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
In a moment they were under cover of the bush and safe out of shot, but in that moment I had recognised the steed bestridden by the hindermost one.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
