quill pen


noun
  1. another name for quill (def. 2)

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How to use quill pen in a sentence

  • The swish of a skirt seemed ridiculously loud in the hush, and the scratching of the judge's quill pen was noisily irritating.

  • He writes with a very noisy quill pen which seems to be screeching scorn at all who disagree with him.

    The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "I always look upon the 'Ouse as my oyster, and 'ere's my sword," said Mr. Slide, brandishing an old quill pen.

    Phineas Finn | Anthony Trollope
  • Then Major Buckstone drew an ink-pot toward him at a table and took up a broad-nibbed quill pen.

  • An old cash ledger lay open before him, and in this he was writing with—trust Prospero for a dramatic effect—a quill pen!

    I Walked in Arden | Jack Crawford