quill pen
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Once the candle was lit, Penelope would take out a sheet of this paper, a quill pen with a bent but usable nib, and some ink.
From Literature
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Resignedly, she dipped a quill pen into the inkwell.
From Literature
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How did the shabby offices of the late 1700s, with their dim lights, coal-burning fireplaces and quill pens, evolve into the sleek, high-tech work environments that we know today?
The set list mixed new songs with old favorites: “Bloody Mary” into “Abracadabra” into “Judas” into the German-language “Sheiße,” which involved a bunch of oversize quill pens and a Last Supper-style tableau.
From Los Angeles Times
And so I filled my inkwell, put a quill pen to my chin and cried, “A playlist is in order!”
From New York Times
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