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hindmost

adjective as in last

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There are those who have suggested wiring around those requirements and the devil take the hindmost.

These awards are their own beast; they follow the beat of their own drum, and if the devil takes the hindmost, it’s just going to have to be that way.

And today’s quick-buck mentality is in a hurry to extract and burn as much carbon as possible, devil take the hindmost.

No breaking ranks, no rushing the boats, no first come first served, no devil take the hindmost.

The others pressed on, but he was ever hindmost, pursued by a groping horror that seemed always just about to seize him; and a rumour came after him like the shadow-sound of many feet.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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