next best
From LSJ
εἰργάζοντο λογάδην φέροντες λίθους καὶ ξυνετίθεσαν ὡς ἕκαστόν τι ξυμβαίνοι → they went to work bringing the stones as they picked them out and put them together as each one happened to fit
the next best thing: P. δεύτερος πλοῦς, ὁ (Plato, Philebus, 19C).
