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Definition of Passer-by
1. Noun. A person who passes by casually or by chance.
Definition of Passer-by
1. Noun. A person who is passing by (that is, walking past). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Passer-by
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"The effigy is paraded through the streets of town or village, every passer-by
and every householder being solicited for alms, and is then taken out into ..."
2. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... THE passer-by (LH RECALLS HER ROMANCE) HE used to pass, well-trimmed and
brushed, My window every day, And when I smiled on him he blushed, That youth, ..."
3. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"passer-by. Why, should you not like the new year to resemble one of the past ...
passer-by. How many years have gone by since you began to sell almanacs? ..."
4. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1908)
"A PASSER BY WHITHER, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding, Leaning across
the bosom of the urgent West, That fearest nor sea rising, nor sky clouding, ..."