Definitions for penholder

penholder pen·hold·er

Spelling: [pen-hohl-der]
IPA: /ˈpɛnˌhoʊl dər/

Penholder is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 358 anagrams from letters in penholder (deehlnopr).

Definitions for penholder

noun

  1. a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
  2. a rack for a pen or pens.

Origin of penholder

First recorded in 1805-15; pen1 + holder

Examples for penholder

Mr. Morgan caressed his heavy moustache with the end of his penholder.

The penholder of Jones is too much for the grasp of my attenuated fingers.

There was a penholder in the room, so what I needed was only nibs.

The hours whizzed past, and my penholder was nibbled half away.

He bit the end of his penholder instead, and bridled his tongue and temper.

So Gladys took Marjorie's penholder, and Mopsy had the nibbled one.

Why, one of his professors had a penholder he had used for forty years!

Foyle tapped lightly on his desk with the end of a penholder.

There was even a writing-pad and a penholder with the special nib he liked.

Sir Charles nibbled for a moment at the end of his penholder.

Word Value for penholder
Scrable

0

Words with friends

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