reed pen

Noun (1)

pen (plural pens)

1. An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
   • There are two steers in the third pen.
2. (slang) A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
   • They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.
3. The bullpen.
   • Two righties are up in the pen.

Noun (2)

pen (plural pens)

1. A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
   • He took notes with a pen.
2. (figuratively) A writer, or their style.
   • He has a sharp pen.
3. (colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen.
   • He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.

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