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  • adjective Attributive form of ten past, noun.

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Examples

  • In the end it was ten-past seven when she eventually picked up the receiver to dial her cousin's number.

    Lesson to Learn Jordan, Penny 1997

  • In the end it was ten-past seven when she eventually picked up the receiver to dial her cousin's number.

    Lesson to Learn Jordan, Penny 1997

  • In the end it was ten-past seven when she eventually picked up the receiver to dial her cousin's number.

    Lesson To Learn Jordan, Penny 1997

  • He grabbed at his watch and saw that it was ten-past ten.

    Cal Laverty, Bernard Mac 1983

  • I waited for him in the second consulting-room on the ground floor and joined him in my own room at about ten-past six.

    A Mind to Murder James, P. D. 1963

  • I came in at about ten-past six to ask how much leave I’d got left on account of wanting a day off next week.

    A Mind to Murder James, P. D. 1963

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