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单词 pen-case
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pen-casen.

Brit. /ˈpɛnkeɪs/, /ˈpɛŋkeɪs/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌkeɪs/, /ˈpɛŋˌkeɪs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.3, case n.2
Etymology: < pen n.3 + case n.2 Compare earlier pencil case n.
A case or container for a pen or pens. Also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun]
casea1382
custody1483
clausure1564
pen-case1577
forel1578
form1594
cap-case1597
cassole1599
scissor case1602
out-case1651
carrying case1867
carry case1897
society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > pencil-case
penner1393
scriptor1474
pencil case1552
pen-case1577
pencil box1856
1577 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1994) (modernized text) IX. 29 A purse, a pencase, a pair of shoes.
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. A penner or pencase, vide Caxa de escrivanias.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 110 Exhalations,..the daily matter of Windes, Mists, Comets, [etc.]..have no pen-case or receptacle in nature [L. cum pennarium in natura non habeant], nor matter sufficient for so great daily things.
1788 J. O'Keeffe Farmer i. i. 3 The Colonel from being so much abroad hasn't seen him since the hight of a Pen Case.
a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) iii. 96 He made me a present of a pen-case of his own turning.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xiii. 132 I took the pen-case and, drawing forth a reed, wrote on the board.
1901 R. Kipling Kim i. 6 At his belt hung a long open-work iron pencase.
1988 Financial Times (Nexis) 17 May i. 26 A loss-making packaging subsidiary..now provides Parker with pen cases 25 per cent more cheaply.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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