hindermost
Example Sentences
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It's each man for himself in a city office and God help the hindermost.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.
"Their eggs upon a heap of straw, Then loitering hindermost, the more."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
It is nothing more nor less than the old rule of "The Devil take the hindermost."
He was running his life on a different motor from the motor which moved Harvey; the town was moving after a centripetal force–every one was for himself, and the devil was entitled to the hindermost.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
"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
