pass degree

American  

noun

1. (in English universities) an ordinary bachelor's degree conferred without honors.

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Etymology

Origin of pass degree

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

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pass degree

That is, it would seem, a pass degree tends to make a man a Tory.

From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various

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 John Corbin

Migrating thence to Oxford, he Failed to secure a pass degree.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917 by Various

George, who had been ploughed twice for Smalls and had eventually taken a pass degree, and to whom the law courts were nearly as unknown as the Pyramids, groaned inwardly at the astounding news.

From The Half-Hearted by John Buchan

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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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