last expedient

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The Esmeralda was putting out to sea when I thought of a last expedient to draw the attention of her captain.

From The Crack of Doom by Cromie, Robert

From that time matters beginning to look worse and worse, he considered it, as his last expedient, to address Cromwel himself.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Cibber, Theophilus

Nay, on this second thought's rehearsing the last expedient seemed the better of the two, since thus the plot would come to naught and we would be the gainers by the capture of the powder.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

The last expedient was proposed by their general.

From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

We never guessed the real cause, never saw that he was driven to his last expedient, and obliged to prejudice all his hope of success by precipitancy.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James