steel penn.

1. A pen made of steel, split at the tip like a quill. (In quot. a1640 transferred.)

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steel pena1640

a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. i. 282 in 3 New Playes (1655) With this Steel-pen [sc. his sword] I'll write on Florence helm, how much I can, and dare do for you.

1653 [implied in: R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 51 With a Quill the one halfe cut away, or a Pen of steele, (made thin for the purpose). (at pen n.³ 1a)].

?1678 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 169 It comes in my mind to ask you if you have, in England, stel penns.

1701 R. North Let. 8 Mar. in Lives of Norths (1890) III. App. 247 You will hardly tell by what you see, that I write with a steel pen. It is a device come out of France.

1777 F. Burney Let. 28 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 230 I am now writing with a Steel Pen, which Mr. Cutler..has just sent me.

1834 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 12 I write with a steel pen.

1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant vii. 71 Steel pens on his table with the ink-bottle.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 7 He fears the lancet of my art as I fear that of his. The cold steel pen.

1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Feb. 10/3 By 1803 producers could no longer keep pace with the consumption of quills and the first steel pen came into use.

1983 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 14/4 The steel-pen writing is brisk and persuasive.

2. colloquial. Applied to the ‘swallow-tail’ or evening-dress tail-coat.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > tail-coat > types of

coatee1775

swallowtail1835

claw-hammer coat1842

swallowtail coat1848

claw hammer1855

swinger1863

steel pen1873

jimswinger1895

Newmarket overcoat1960

1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 257 The steel-pen coat, as Tom Hood, junior, calls it.

1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1883) xiii. 164 The swallow-tail,..from its caudal bisection, is more appropriately designated by Americans the ‘claw-hammer’ or ‘steel-pen’ coat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	steel pen
释义	steel penn. 1. A pen made of steel, split at the tip like a quill. (In quot. a1640 transferred.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > steel pen steel pena1640 a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. i. 282 in 3 New Playes (1655) With this Steel-pen [sc. his sword] I'll write on Florence helm, how much I can, and dare do for you. 1653 [implied in: R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 51 With a Quill the one halfe cut away, or a Pen of steele, (made thin for the purpose). (at pen n.³ 1a)]. ?1678 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 169 It comes in my mind to ask you if you have, in England, stel penns. 1701 R. North Let. 8 Mar. in Lives of Norths (1890) III. App. 247 You will hardly tell by what you see, that I write with a steel pen. It is a device come out of France. 1777 F. Burney Let. 28 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 230 I am now writing with a Steel Pen, which Mr. Cutler..has just sent me. 1834 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 12 I write with a steel pen. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant vii. 71 Steel pens on his table with the ink-bottle. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 7 He fears the lancet of my art as I fear that of his. The cold steel pen. 1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Feb. 10/3 By 1803 producers could no longer keep pace with the consumption of quills and the first steel pen came into use. 1983 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 14/4 The steel-pen writing is brisk and persuasive. 2. colloquial. Applied to the ‘swallow-tail’ or evening-dress tail-coat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > tail-coat > types of coatee1775 swallowtail1835 claw-hammer coat1842 swallowtail coat1848 claw hammer1855 swinger1863 steel pen1873 jimswinger1895 Newmarket overcoat1960 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 257 The steel-pen coat, as Tom Hood, junior, calls it. 1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1883) xiii. 164 The swallow-tail,..from its caudal bisection, is more appropriately designated by Americans the ‘claw-hammer’ or ‘steel-pen’ coat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.a1640
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