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keelyvine pens

keelyvine pens is the plural of keelyvine pen.

Meaning of keelyvine pen

Noun

keelyvine pen (plural keelyvine pens)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) A pencil of black lead.
    • Put up your pocket-book and your keelyvine pen then, for I downa speak out an' ye hae writing materials in your hands1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...

Questions about keelyvine pens

What is keelyvine pens the plural of?
Keelyvine pens is the plural of keelyvine pen.

Words near keelyvine pens in the dictionary

  1. keelsons
  2. Keelung
  3. keely
  4. Keelys
  5. keelyvine pen
  6. keelyvine pens
  7. Keem
  8. keema
  9. keemas
  10. Keemun
  11. Keemuns

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