dernier ressort
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He will not accept the worthless thing thrown at His feet, as a dernier ressort.
From Macaria by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
Dalrymple, the chief hydrographer of the Admiralty, who had chief claims to the command, was also somewhat of a faddist, and Cook was selected almost as a dernier ressort.
From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs
As a dernier ressort, he at last substituted cash for eatables, which was certainly a queer mode of satisfying the inner man.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Shib Chunder Bose
If the Military kept whittling down our rations, if we were to be permitted only to nibble like so many birds, the vegetables might one day serve as a dernier ressort.
From The Siege of Kimberley by T. Phelan
He favors sending out a commissioner to Europe for aid, on the basis of emancipation, etc., as a dernier ressort.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
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