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Meanings of passing show in English

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Usage of passing show in English
1
King blinked his eyes and then turned them upon the passing show.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
2
She had been an observer rather than a participant in the passing show.
Quill's Window
3
Only of the passing show, which every moment crumbles and perishes.
Sister Teresa
4
He can do little more than comment on the passing show.
As We Were Saying
5
He regards government as sheer business, when it is often a passing show.
The Masques of Ottawa
6
Apart from that, every scene and episode would be a mere passing show.
The Shadow Line: A Confession
7
From what loophole were you watching this passing show for man's derision given?
The Man in Lonely Land
8
You may as well take in the passing show, however.
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
9
She viewed the passing show through her glasses, and experienced a pleasant thrill of sophistication.
Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
10
They have seen so many a passing show-dothey see in pretty lady's hand nothing further?
The Angel and the Author, and Others
11
The windows of the sumptuous restaurants stand open, and one breakfasts there and enjoys the passing show.
A Tramp Abroad
12
The handsome young officer and pretty Christine, as they promenaded the decks, added effect to the passing show.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
13
Try and strike something germane to the moment, something that stands out prominently in the limelight of the passing show.
How to Speak and Write Correctly
14
He herds with his own race at corners, and delivers a commentary in his Carib lingo upon the passing show.
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
15
The passing show of shipping, of all sorts, sizes and nationalities, is not the least interesting item of the passage.
Wanderings in Wessex / An Exploration of the Southern Realm from...
16
Full of pleasant reminiscence are the letters which passed between them, and full too of allusions to the passing show.
Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynast...
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Passing show through the time
Passing show across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common