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Pis aller

//piːzˈaleɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A last resort.

    "Soh! she would secure me as a pis aller, I suppose, in case Mr Rashleigh Osbaldistone should not take compassion upon her!"

  2. 2
    an expedient adopted only in desperation wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French pis-aller.

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