last expedient
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It had been her last expedient to revive the old love, to rekindle the dead ashes of the smouldering fire.
From Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance by Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron
He had tried every imaginable remedy, and now, as a last expedient, was about to take her to her paternal home in the South, to see what native air might do.
From The Roof of France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
We try the last expedient first, and get nothing.
From The First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay
The last expedient was proposed by their general.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
This last expedient would either be impossible or would involve an incalculable loss of time in the case of a caravan possessing only beasts of burden with a proportionately small number of drivers and attendants.
From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Theodor Hertzka
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