[Python] python dict select alternative key [duplicate]

Is there a slick way to select an alternative key if the key does not exist? Dict.get seems to support alternate functionality, but it balks when the alternative is a key.

>>> d=[{"k":1},[{"k":1}]]
>>> for i in d:
... print(i.get(["k"],[0]["k"]))
...
<stdin>:2: SyntaxWarning: list indices must be integers or slices, not str; perhaps you missed a comma?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str

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