pis aller
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It was nothing to either Herbert or me, for we both found Mrs. Day a much more lively pis aller in conversation than Eleanor.
From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Agnes Blake Poor
It is jolly good often, but only a pis aller in comparison to the real thing.
From The Price of Things by Elinor Glyn
Just tell me that I'm nothing but a pis aller, the sort of man you wouldn't want as a husband.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
She was merely amusing herself with him as a provincial pis aller.
From The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine
"Awful stick, but a pis aller I'm afraid."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various
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