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English
Noun
passing-bell (plural passing-bells)
- Alternative form of passing bell
- 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth
- What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- — Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
- Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
- Can patter out their hasty orisons.