Definition of "passings" [passings]

• Plural form of passing. (noun)

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• "And the response to such passings is usually the same: they had so much more to do and imagine what they would have done had they lived a full life span."
• "a pin at each number and enclose with a linen passing = with the first pair of bobbins of point 21, 2 linen passings to the left and 2 twisted linen passings, that is to say, crossing the threads = put up the pin at point 22."
• "For Davis, this year's bumper crop of notable film-world passings -- 233 around the world, according to the tally kept by his staff -- was cause not just for sadness, but for headache."