pass degree
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pass degree
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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He remembered that Lawrence was taking a "pass" degree in History.
From The Prelude to Adventure by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
At the age of fifteen he entered as a student of civil and canon law at the university of Salamanca; but he obtained no academic distinctions and was content with an ordinary pass degree.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
He is at present preparing to take a pass degree: and after that he thinks of going abroad to devote himself seriously to a course of Tymborychology.
From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)
For the increasing number of those who can afford only three years' study, a pass degree would probably prove of the greatest advantage.
From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John
When he only got a pass degree his friends were astonished; but he shrugged his shoulders and delicately insinuated that he was not the dupe of examiners.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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