pis aller

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Yet he is largely a pis aller for the would-be reader of Cassius Dio.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Dio, Cassius

Not that the law had any peculiar attraction for him; he rather accepted it as a pis aller; for, of course, he had to study something.

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

If conscience must reign supreme, all government is a pis aller, and in anarchy the true millennium must be found.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

"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 Adams, Henry

It seemed to me, in my then ignorance, like a pis aller, when the postillion said, 'Let us try the "France,"' and little prepared me for the handsome, but somewhat small, hotel before me.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James