pis aller
Example Sentences
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I can lead the horses,” he suggested as a pis aller.
From At Fault by Chopin, Kate
"Awful stick, but a pis aller I'm afraid."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various
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
It was true I might find a political stalwart in the smoking-room—but that was a last resort, a desperate and ignominious pis aller.
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
Soh! she would secure me as a pis aller, I suppose, in case Mr. Rashleigh Osbaldistone should not take compassion upon her!
From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
