pis aller
Example Sentences
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As a pis aller, I look at Algy.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
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
It is jolly good often, but only a pis aller in comparison to the real thing.
From The Price of Things by Elinor Glyn
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 Thomas Adolphus Trollope
"Ce serait toujours un pis aller," said Jacobi, seating himself with calmness in Ratcliffe's favourite chair by Mrs. Lee's side.
From Democracy, an American novel by Henry Adams
