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goosequill

goosequill noun: a quill from a goose used as a pen for writing.

Noun

goosequill (plural goosequills)

  1. A quill from a goose used as a pen for writing.
    • Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40

Forms of goosequill

pluralgoosequills

Origin of goosequill

From goose + quill.

Questions about goosequill

What does goosequill mean?
Goosequill means a quill from a goose used as a pen for writing.
What part of speech is goosequill?
Goosequill is a noun.
What is the plural of goosequill?
The plural of goosequill is goosequills.

Words near goosequill in the dictionary

  1. Goosens
  2. goosepimple
  3. goosepimpled
  4. goosepimples
  5. goosepimply
  6. goosequill
  7. goosequills
  8. gooser
  9. gooseries
  10. goosers
  11. goosery

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