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quill pen

British  

noun

  1. another name for quill

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How did the shabby offices of the late 1700s, with their dim lights, coal-burning fireplaces and quill pens, evolve into the sleek, high-tech work environments that we know today?

From The Wall Street Journal

The set list mixed new songs with old favorites: “Bloody Mary” into “Abracadabra” into “Judas” into the German-language “Sheiße,” which involved a bunch of oversize quill pens and a Last Supper-style tableau.

From Los Angeles Times

And so I filled my inkwell, put a quill pen to my chin and cried, “A playlist is in order!”

From New York Times

In her right hand is a quill pen, paused.

From New York Times

Campbell responded: “Who could fail to be similarly moved? It is as if the complete works of Shakespeare were written with a quill pen.”

From New York Times