passing-bell

See also: passing bell

English

Etymology

From passing +‎ bell.

Noun

passing-bell (plural passing-bells)

  1. Alternative form of passing bell
    • 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth
      What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
        — Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
        Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
      Can patter out their hasty orisons.
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