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penholder: ► definition

Definition:

the principle part of the pen, that which holds the nib

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Winston fitted a nib into the penholder and sucked it to get the grease off. The pen was an archaic instrument, seldom used even for signatures, and he had procured one, furtively and with some difficulty, simply because of a feeling that the beautiful creamy paper deserved to be written on with a real nib instead of being scratched with an ink-pencil.

George Orwell. 1984 (1949)

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She had bought herself a blotting book, writing case, pen-holder, and envelopes, although she had no one to write to;

Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary.

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Sentences were written and the page thrown away and another started. Adam scratched his head with the penholder.

John Steinbeck. East of Eden, p.357-8 (1952)

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Hair parted, brushed, oiled, under a green-lined parasol held in a big white hand. He was amazing, and had a penholder behind his ear.

Joseph Conrad. The Heart of Darkness