pass degree
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pass degree
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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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)
The curate was a Selwyn man and had taken a pass degree in theology, but Margaret had come to Gaylord's lecturers in Trinity for a term before her breakdown, and understood these differences.
From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
It is difficult to imagine a condition of greater vacuity than that in which a man leaves the University after taking a pass degree.
From From a College Window by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Hallin left Cambridge after a pass degree to become lecturer on industrial and economical questions in the northern English towns.
From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
He had scraped a pass degree at Cambridge, and was now nominally studying medicine.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Hay, Ian
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