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pen-and-wash

pen-and-wash noun: a type of picture drawn using ink applied with a pen and a brush.

Noun

pen-and-wash (plural pen-and-washes)

  1. A type of picture drawn using ink applied with a pen and a brush.
    • Demon screwed in his monocle, unclicked out of its special flat case a small pen-and-wash and said he thought (did not doubt, in fact, but wished his certitude to be admired) that it was an unknown product of Parmigianino's tender art.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 9

Forms of pen-and-wash

pluralpen-and-washes

Questions about pen-and-wash

What does pen-and-wash mean?
Pen-and-wash means a type of picture drawn using ink applied with a pen and a brush.
What part of speech is pen-and-wash?
Pen-and-wash is a noun.
What is the plural of pen-and-wash?
The plural of pen-and-wash is pen-and-washes.

Words near pen-and-wash in the dictionary

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

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