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pen-and-washes

pen-and-washes is the plural of pen-and-wash.

Meaning of pen-and-wash

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

Questions about pen-and-washes

What is pen-and-washes the plural of?
Pen-and-washes is the plural of pen-and-wash.

Words near pen-and-washes in the dictionary

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

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