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Meanings of first passer in English

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Usage of first passer in English
1
She caught the first passer-by whom she passed, and addressed him piteously.
Old Lady Mary: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen
2
He still stood by the open door to call to the first passer-by.
The Seeker
3
To the first passer-by he gave five francs, to the second five more.
Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the B...
4
The first passer-by who took any notice of her was an amiable maniac.
Myths and Legends of China
5
Serfs were too likely to be questioned by the first passer-by who noticed them.
Millennium
6
He did not stop the first passer-by, as his manner often was, and desire a fight.
Robin Hood
7
He won't buy clothing of the first passer-by.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
8
All that the first passer-by had to do at any hour, was to give it a push.
Les Misérables
9
I asked the first passer-by:
Original Short Stories — Volume 09
10
The first passer-by told him.
The Woman in the Alcove
11
Then the cord is pulled and they lie where they fall, till they are buried by the first passer by.
The Yellow Fairy Book
12
In his paroxysms, so strong an impulse to kill seized him that he would have thrown himself upon the first passer-by.
Doctor Pascal
13
When he recalled her talents and her social position, he felt that the first passer-by had a right to shoot him down.
Howards End
14
Sir Arden had mentioned the hotel at which Henry Dunbar was staying; so Margaret asked the first passer-by to direct her to the George.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
15
(It was what, in Moscow, the first passer-by would have done.)
Impressions and Comments
16
"I shall have to make use of the list," he decided, and asked the first passer-by the way to Hubbell's Alley.
The House of the Whispering Pines
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