hindermost

Example Sentences

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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 Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

"Every man for himself and the devil take the hindermost" summed up their philosophy.

From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott

Grant Adams was centrifugal; he was not considering himself particularly and was shamelessly taking heed of the hindermost which was the devil’s by right.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

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

One of the hindermost transports, taking too wide a bend, crashed into the wagon.

From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis