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pen-and-paper

pen-and-paper adjective: performed by writing on paper, such as filling in a form, conducting an exam, writing a document, etc.

Adjective

pen-and-paper (not comparable)

  1. Performed by writing on paper, such as filling in a form, conducting an exam, writing a document, etc.
    • The pen-and-paper questionnaires were distributed to students at the beginning of lessons and collected at the end.2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1083

Questions about pen-and-paper

What does pen-and-paper mean?
Pen-and-paper means performed by writing on paper, such as filling in a form, conducting an exam, writing a document, etc.
What part of speech is pen-and-paper?
Pen-and-paper is an adjective.

Words near pen-and-paper in the dictionary

  1. pen up
  2. pen wiper
  3. pen'orth
  4. pen'orths
  5. pen-and-ink money
  6. pen-and-paper
  7. pen-and-wash
  8. pen-and-washes
  9. pen-case
  10. pen-cases
  11. Pen-ch'i

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