"devil take the hindmost" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1742, James Oglethorpe, “Letter to the Honorable Trustees”, in Lucian Lamar Knight, Kenneth Coleman, Milton Ready, editors, The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, volume 23, published 1914",
          "text": "Land Alianable which would bring in the Stock Jobbing Temper, the Devill take the Hindmost.",
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          "text": "1787, in Robert Burns, \"To a Haggis\" (Deil tak the hindmost)"
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          "text": "Choose your hand, try your best. He who wins, wins it all. Devil take the hindmost."
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          "word": "every man for himself"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "jääkööt kaikki oman onnensa nojaan"
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          "word": "każdy zajmuje się sobą"
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          "word": "el último mono es el que se ahoga"
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      "word": "jääkööt kaikki oman onnensa nojaan"
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