last expedient
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Yet neither percentage, nor tenths, nor sacrilegious spoils, sufficed to meet his expenses; and, as a last expedient, the coin was debased, and irreparable injury inflicted on the country.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
As a last expedient I bethought myself of a dog-fight as the means of scattering the mob, and sent around the corner to organize one.
From The Children of the Poor by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
At length the Spaniards had recourse to their last expedient: the wild cattle were let loose upon the rear of the freebooters.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd
It is worth trying as a last expedient.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
If for any reason this last expedient does not succeed, must we despair for this evening?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various
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