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pencase

pencase noun: a box or case for storing a pen.

Noun

pencase (plural pencases)

  1. A box or case for storing a pen.
    • The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get...1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law

Forms of pencase

pluralpencases

Origin of pencase

From pen + case.

Questions about pencase

What does pencase mean?
Pencase means a box or case for storing a pen.
What part of speech is pencase?
Pencase is a noun.
What is the plural of pencase?
The plural of pencase is pencases.

Words near pencase in the dictionary

  1. Penberthys
  2. Penbryn
  3. penbutolol
  4. Pencader
  5. Pencaer
  6. pencase
  7. pencases
  8. pencatite
  9. pence
  10. pencel
  11. penceless

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