pis aller
Example Sentences
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As for Maud, she finds Beulah uneasy about Beekman; and having no husband herself, or any over that she cares a straw about, why she just falls upon Bob as a pis aller.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
But most of us know that our marriage is a pis aller.
From The Odd Women by Gissing, George
She was merely amusing herself with him as a provincial pis aller.
From The Vision Splendid by Raine, William MacLeod
But don't you see, if it is said that she was obliged to leave Milan, it puts us in the position of a pis aller!
From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus
When I wouldn't take her place, a pis aller merely.
From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
