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penmanship|ˈpɛnmənʃɪp|
[f. prec. + -ship.]
The practice or performance of a penman.
1. The art of using a pen, i.e. of writing; the action of writing; skill in writing; style of writing, handwriting; calligraphy.
1695Ayres (title) The Tutor to Penmanship, or The Writing Master..Shewing all the Variety of Penmanship and Clerk⁓ship as now practised in England. 1727W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. 52 Learn the Command of Hand by frequent Use, Much Practice doth to Penmanship conduce. 1838J. Grant Sk. Lond. 9 So closely is the handwriting imitated, that..even the parties themselves can scarcely detect the imposture, in so far as mere penmanship is concerned. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. v. 291 A clever youth..can discuss as many of the questions mooted by the paper, as three hours of rapid penmanship permit.
2. The action, or style, of penning, i.e. wording or composing, a document; literary composition.
1793Bentham Mem. & Corr. Wks. 1843 X. 292 The penmanship of the statutes..has, every now and then, become the subject of a dissatisfaction. 1818― Ch. Eng., Catech. Exam 329 The men of law..by whom a part was taken in the penmanship of this Act. 1818Brougham in Parl. Deb. 1029 He remembered that lord Kenyon had once called the composition of an auctioneer his ‘penmanship’, for he did not think that it deserved the appellation of ‘style’. |