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En passant

noun
1.
(chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed.





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"En passant" Quotes from Famous Books



... patience. Then I burst out crying and Mother had to soothe me. At first, after I got home, I did not want to say anything about it, but when we were putting on our things after dinner to go and see Mother I said en passant as it were: "This is the second time I shall be seeing Mother to-day." And when Dora said: What do you mean? I said quite curtly: "One of our lessons did not come off, and so I took the chance too of being able to see Mother alone." Then she said: Did the porter ...
— A Young Girl's Diary • An Anonymous Young Girl
 
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