penner

¹ American  

[pen-er] / ˈpɛn ər /

noun

1. a person whose task is to herd cattle, sheep, etc., into a pen, often preparatory to a procedure such as branding or shearing.

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penner ² American  

[pen-er] / ˈpɛn ər /

noun

1. a person who pens or writes something; author or composer (of a specified text).

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Example Sentences

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penner

The body of our sport, of no small study, I first appeare, though rude, and raw, and muddy, To speake before thy noble grace this tenner: At whose great feete I offer up my penner.

From The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

The two points in that pamphlet, which it is said the prosecutors intend chiefly to fix on, are, First, where the author mentions the "penner of the King's answer."

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift

Whene'er the penner of this pome Regards a lovely country home, He sighs, in words not insincere, "I think I'd like to live out here."

From Something Else Again by Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams

They were large brown nuts or seeds, and hanging from his girdle with his penner and inkhorn they clashed when he walked.

From Puck of Pook’s Hill by Arthur Rackham

The two points in that pamphlet, which it is said the prosecutors intend chiefly to fix on, are, first, where the author mentions the penner of the King’s answer.

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly

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