march-past
[mahrch-past, -pahst]
- a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
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Origin of march-past
First recorded in 1875–80; noun use of verb phrase march past
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Historical Examples
I have been here several days, watching them come and go; it is like the march-past of an army.
Italian HoursHenry James
Their consorts with their suite watched the march-past from landaus.
MajestyLouis Couperus
We had hit a lucky moment, evidently there was going to be a march-past or some thing like that.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
His Majesty hopes, when the march-past is over, to receive a march-up of fair ladies.
SpringhavenR. D. Blackmore
The footpaths were lined pretty thickly with loungers who had stood to watch the march-past of a regiment of Zeibecks.
The Making Of A NovelistDavid Christie Murray