pencase

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English

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Etymology

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pen +‎ case

Noun

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pencase (plural pencases)

  1. A box or case for storing a pen.
    • 1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law:
      The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.

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