last expedient
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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
It was rather doubtful, however, from the number and size of the ships in sight, whether we should not find it necessary to have recourse to the last expedient.
From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
Instances have occurred of a tiger being caught by one of the former modes, which had many marks in his body of the partial success of this last expedient.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden
Yet neither percentage, nor tenths, nor sacrilegious spoils, sufficed to meet his expenses; and, as a last expedient, the coin was debased, and irreparable injury inflicted on the country.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
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
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