penholder

English

Etymology

pen +‎ holder

Noun

penholder (plural penholders)

A device for storing pens while they are not being used.
- 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.
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
Mongolian: үзэгний иш (üzegnii iš)

Anagrams

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