pis aller

Example Sentences

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

From At Fault by Chopin, Kate

But this, it must be remembered, would leave the work of Southern Slav Unity incomplete, and is only to be regarded as a pis aller.

From The War and Democracy by

It was true I might find a political stalwart in the smoking-room—but that was a last resort, a desperate and ignominious pis aller.

From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph

He knew very well he was the pis aller of the party, and only danced when Parson Frank was not dragged out, nothing loth, by his little daughter. 

From Chantry House by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

To the present writer it seems a pis aller which high-minded married persons should avoid if they can practise self-restraint.

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph