pis aller
Example Sentences
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The young gentleman had recourse as a pis aller to his mamma.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles
It is jolly good often, but only a pis aller in comparison to the real thing.
From The Price of Things by Glyn, Elinor
When I wouldn't take her place, a pis aller merely.
From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter
It seemed to me, in my then ignorance, like a pis aller, when the postillion said, 'Let us try the "France,"' and little prepared me for the handsome, but somewhat small, hotel before me.
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James
I can lead the horses,” he suggested as a pis aller.
From At Fault by Chopin, Kate
