pis aller

Example Sentences

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There might be a way open, perhaps, by my offering to marry that worthy lady! but that would be quite a pis aller.

From North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

"I fixed on these lines as a pis aller; and they have done all and more than I wished, by bringing you back here for at least a moment."

From Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Kingsley, Charles

But this, it must be remembered, would leave the work of Southern Slav Unity incomplete, and is only to be regarded as a pis aller.

From The War and Democracy by

I can lead the horses,” he suggested as a pis aller.

From At Fault by Chopin, Kate

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