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 Nearing, Scott

It's each man for himself in a city office and God help the hindermost.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.

Nathaniel was quite enraptured; he stood in the hindermost row, and could not perfectly recognise Olympia's features in the dazzling light.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various

Still the Szeklers persisted in remaining, and there is no knowing what they might not have done, had not one of the hindermost suddenly exclaimed— "Let us go to Bonczhida!"

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

And between the hindermost and the squamosal there is an intervening bar of bone, unknown among mammalia, which moves upon the skull by a joint, just as the lower jaw moves upon it.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.