pis aller

Example Sentences

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It is jolly good often, but only a pis aller in comparison to the real thing.

From The Price of Things by Glyn, Elinor

"Awful stick, but a pis aller I'm afraid."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various

As for their Sanscrit studies again, that was at bottom only a pis aller.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 by Various

I can lead the horses,” he suggested as a pis aller.

From At Fault by Chopin, Kate

But don't you see, if it is said that she was obliged to leave Milan, it puts us in the position of a pis aller!

From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus