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pen-clerk
† ˈpen-clerk Obs. [f. pen n.2 + clerk.] A ‘clerk’ whose scholarship extended merely to the use of the pen (as distinguished from clerk = clergyman or scholar); a clerk, a secretary; also fig. In quot. 1575, a user of the pen, writer.c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 246 Þei wolen not presente a clerk able o... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. pen, n.1 (pɛn) Forms: 1 penn, 4 pl. penez, 4–7 penne, 7–9 penn, 7– pen. [OE. penn of uncertain origin: cf. pen v.1] 1. a. A small enclosure for domestic animals, as cows, sheep, swine, or poultry; a fold, sty, coop, etc. (The OE. instances are of uncertain meaning.)[957 in Birch Cart. Sax. No. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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