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Examples
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The pen-holder snapped in two between his fingers, but he did not seem to notice it.
Movie Night 2010
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A dagger,13 a brass inkstand and pen-holder stuck in the belt, and a mighty rosary, which on occasion might have been converted into a weapon of offence, completed my equipment.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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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; she dusted her what-not, looked at herself in the glass, picked up a book, and then, dreaming between the lines, let it drop on her knees.
Madame Bovary 2003
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It was merely a long, wooden pen-holder, inky and inert to an unappreciative eye, but to me it was a bright magician, skilled in the painting of glowing pictures, a traveller in many climes, a tried and trusted friend, who had led me safely through many strange adventures and much uncouth dialect.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 30, 1892 Various
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For all answer, my pen-holder nestled lovingly in my hand.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 30, 1892 Various
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N.Y. city, a game, a small steam engine, a silver watch and a gold pen-holder, for a self-inking printing press with type, or a rowing machine.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 Various
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The flowers are produced singly, and have six to eight petal-like sepals; the leaves are ternately cut; leaflets or segments three-cut, lanceolate, and deeply toothed; petioles channelled; the roots are long and round, of about the thickness of a pen-holder.
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To Laura he sent the pen-holder, which was now mine.
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"Davie," Meda's brother, found a generous customer in grandpa, who bought a pen-holder and then gave it back to be sold over again.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 05, May, 1889 Various
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And the boy sat at a table near by, and leaned his head upon his hand, and put the end of the pen-holder in his mouth, instead of writing his theme on the "Flight of Time."
The Nursery, April 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People Various
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