Dos Passos

[ dohs -pas-ohs ]

/ doʊs ˈpæs oʊs /

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noun

John (Rod·er·i·go)

[ro-dree-goh], /rɒˈdri goʊ/, 1896–1970, U.S. novelist.

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How to use Dos Passos in a sentence

In 1998, Joel Thomas Zimmerman was 16 years old, noodling around with vintage DOS music software like Impulse Tracker.
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Despite signing paperwork and a checklist of dos and don'ts, I was in way over my head.
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As Sherman herself starred in that series, so Franco stars–in drag–in his re-dos.
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He took pride in helping struggling Brazilians like Pereira dos Santos.
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Dos Passos interweaved the stories of his more proletarian subjects with biographies of some well-known Americans.
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At the end of the stone bridge, at the ponte dos tres pontes, next to Recife, the guards are more numerous and strict.
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"Keep cool, Wes," MacHenery whispered to his opponent as they dos-à-doed back into position.
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His brother Lawrence having fallen ill of consumption, Washington went with him to Barba-dos, where he had an attack of smallpox.
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The "Dos Estrellas" Mine is yet another example of this successful district.
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There are very few lakes in Brazil, and only one worth speaking of—the Lagoa dos Platos—which is 150 miles long.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dos Passos

Dos Passos

/ (ˈdɒs ˈpæsɒs) /

noun

John (Roderigo). 1896–1970, US novelist of the Lost Generation; author of Three Soldiers (1921), Manhattan Transfer (1925), and the trilogy USA. (1930–36)

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