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
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
I miss my wholesome bitters, my daily dose of contradiction; and you need not be jealous of my book, for it is a miserable pis aller for our interminable talks.
From Records of a Girlhood by Kemble, Fanny
"Awful stick, but a pis aller I'm afraid."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various
As a pis aller, I look at Algy.
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
