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单词 penpalship
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penpalshipn.

Brit. /ˈpɛnpalʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌpælˌʃɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pen pal n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < pen pal n. + -ship suffix.
A relationship between pen pals.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friendship > relationship between penfriends
penfriendship1909
penpalship1960
penpalmanship1966
1960 20th Cent. June 517 There are some rather elaborate plans for forming relationships with individual Alphas, on the lines of the children's pen palships in the twentieth-century newspapers.
1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 22 May 25/6 An intriguing pre-summit ‘penpalship’, between an inspector of Soviet jails and a New York Times columnist.
2002 Boston Globe (Nexis) 10 Feb. (City Weekly section) 1 A waterfront dinner..with my Finnish cousin as we meet for the first time after a seventeen-year penpalship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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