fountain pen
noun
a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
fountain pens
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pluralof fountain pen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the late 1920s, the Sheaffer Pen Company introduced a lever-filling mechanism and a tapered shape that influenced the cigar-shaped fountain pens that came after.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
She notes that only recently has she become smitten with fountain pens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
As a teenager, Mr. Bernal was so enchanted by his grandfather’s fountain pens that he hit the internet to find out more about them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
The duchess revealed that as an adult she still has the collecting bug but nowadays it is fountain pens and watches that she favours.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
He trades in fountain pens for ballpoints, Wilkinson blades and his boar- bristled shaving brush for Bic razors bought six to a pack.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
