penholder

English

Etymology

From pen +‎ holder.

Noun

penholder (plural penholders)

1. A handle into which a nib or other penpoint is fitted to form a pen.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 207:

     He was amazing, and had a penholder behind his ear.

2. A device for storing pens while they are not being used.
3. Alternative form of penhold

Translations

a device for storing pens

• Bulgarian: перодръжка (bg) f (perodrǎžka)
• Finnish: kynäteline
• Ido: plumiero (io)
• Irish: cró pinn m
• Italian: cannetta f
• Japanese: ペンホルダー (ja) (pen horudā)
• Mongolian: үзэгний иш (üzegnii iš)
• Tày: bút

Anagrams

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