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    PIS ALLER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An expedient adopted only in desperationplay

    Example:

    'pis aller' is French for 'worst going'

    Synonyms:

    last resort; pis aller

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("pis aller" is a kind of...):

    expedient (a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one)

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