Penholder

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A holder for a pen point.
  • n. A rack or cup for holding a pen or pens.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A device to store a pen.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A handle for a pen.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A holder for pens or pen-points. It consists of a handle or stock, with a device for retaining the pen, usually a socket of metal.
  • Word Usage
    "While Sipos was the first female player to use the penholder grip, she changed to the shakehand grip in 1932 and thereupon succeeded in defeating her former doubles partner Maria Mednyanszky."
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