1916 26 Aug. 484/2 The party in favour of fighting to a finish—the Jusquauboutistes as they are conveniently called in France—could always count on carrying the day as long as it was possible to hold out a prospect of complete ultimate triumph.

1918 G. B. Shaw in 12 Jan. 5/3 I am a Jusqu'auboutist . I do not want this war to be compromised as long as it will be possible for any of the belligerent Powers afterwards to pretend that if it had only gone on for another year it would have won.

1918 (U. S. Army Amer. Expeditionary Forces) 21 Oct. 1/1 [He] is just as much of a jusqu'auboutiste as Clemenceau or Lloyd George.

1921 6 Apr. 546/1 The people of Cork are bitter-enders, jusquaboutists .

1941 D. Reed v. 361 I came to be looked on as an irresponsible optimist and jusqu'auboutist .