QUILL PEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quill pen mean? 

• QUILL PEN (noun)
  The noun QUILL PEN has 1 sense:

1. pen made from a bird's feather

  Familiarity information: QUILL PEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUILL PEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pen made from a bird's feather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

quill; quill pen

Hypernyms ("quill pen" is a kind of...):

pen (a writing implement with a point from which ink flows)

 Context examples 

I rejoice, however, to perceive that he wrote with a broad-pointed quill pen, and I can hardly doubt that we will find some impression upon this blotting-pad.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is dated from Grosvenor Mansions, written with a quill pen, and the noble lord has had the misfortune to get a smear of ink upon the outer side of his right little finger, remarked Holmes as he folded up the epistle.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)