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Meanings of passe-partout in English

Catalan
clau mestra
Spanish
maestra

Key that secures entrance everywhere.

        clau mestra
        Usage of passe-partout in English
        1
        There is an exquisite ivory-type of Marjorie, in passe-partout, on the drawing room mantel-piece.
        Marjorie Daw
        2
        That passe-partout, called the fashion, has made them fly open-and what do you think was that fashion?
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
        3
        It is set in an oval passe-partout, and requires only a glass over it to fit it for placing on a wall.
        Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 27, October 1, 1870
        4
        The walls, papered in tan with a deep brown border, were dotted with passe-partouted prints, both in color and black and white.
        Jane Allen, Right Guard
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