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goose-pen
goose-pen
English
Noun
goose-pen (plural goose-pens)
Verb
goose-pen (third-person singular simple present goose-pens, present participle goose-penning, simple past and past participle goose-penned)
- (rare) To write with a quill pen.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 7:
- Upon the infinitely wise countrywoman's suggestion, she goose-penned, from the edge of her bed, on a side table with cabriole legs, a love letter and took five minutes to reread it in a languorous but loud voice [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 7: