pis aller
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When I wouldn't take her place, a pis aller merely.
From A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin
Substitutes for butcher’s meat too often suggest the purely vegetarian dish that to most people is but a pis aller.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
"I fixed on these lines as a pis aller; and they have done all and more than I wished, by bringing you back here for at least a moment."
From Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Charles Kingsley
It is jolly good often, but only a pis aller in comparison to the real thing.
From The Price of Things by Elinor Glyn
He knew very well he was the pis aller of the party, and only danced when Parson Frank was not dragged out, nothing loth, by his little daughter.
From Chantry House by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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