hindermost
Example Sentences
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"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
One of the hindermost was a man named Gĕnih, and to him To’ Kâya shouted: 'Gĕnih! it profits the Râja little that he gives thou and such as thee food both morning and evening!
From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir
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.
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 Deming, Edwin Willard
"Every man for himself and the devil take the hindermost" summed up their philosophy.
From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott
