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Pis aller

noun
1.
An expedient adopted only in desperation.  Synonym: last resort.





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"Pis aller" Quotes from Famous Books



... the best right to her. Captain Lennox married her cousin—the girl she was brought up with. Good enough people, I dare say. And there's her aunt, Mrs. Shaw. There might be a way open, perhaps, by my offering to marry that worthy lady! but that would be quite a pis aller. And then ...
— North and South • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


Words linked to "Pis aller" :   last resort, expedient


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