pis aller
Example Sentences
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Yet he is largely a pis aller for the would-be reader of Cassius Dio.
I can lead the horses,” he suggested as a pis aller.
From At Fault by Kate Chopin
The young gentleman had recourse as a pis aller to his mamma.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade
A young man lacking means, and possessing only a moderate degree, who feels inclined, as many do, to drift into schoolmastering as a pis aller, should read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest this book.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay
Dinner was looked forward to with curiosity, as well as appetite; my wife, as usual, distrusting our experiments, was not sanguine of success, and made ready some plain food as a pis aller*.
From Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
