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pen-friend

pen-friend is the alternative spelling of penfriend.

Meaning of penfriend

Noun

penfriend (plural penfriends)

  1. A person, often in a foreign country, with whom one exchanges friendly correspondence but whom one never or rarely meets.
    • I would like a penfriend, not for financial support or headgames, but just for a caring conversation.1988 May 7, Jeff Hershberger, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13
    Synonyms:
    pen pal

Forms of pen-friend

pluralpen-friends

Questions about pen-friend

What is pen-friend the alternative spelling of?
Pen-friend is the alternative spelling of penfriend.

Words near pen-friend in the dictionary

  1. pen-cases
  2. Pen-ch'i
  3. Pen-clawdd
  4. pen-driver
  5. pen-drivers
  6. pen-friend
  7. pen-friends
  8. Pen-hsi
  9. pen-name
  10. pen-names
  11. pen-picture

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