quill pen
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In her right hand is a quill pen, paused.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, Love Story is a "quill pen" song where "the words and phrasings are antiquated" like "a letter written by Emily Dickinson's great grandmother while sewing a lace curtain".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2022
“It wasn’t all done with a quill pen and flourish of poetics.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
Frisch: Yes, so I ink by hand usually using brushes and technical pens, I do not like crow quill pen, like a dip pen.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2017
Suddenly his elbow, knocking against the inkpot, upset it, and the chair and the desk and the quill pen and his own best clothes were covered with great spreading stains of blue ink.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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