brush-pen

A form of brush pen — A writing and drawing instrument that has a tip like a paintbrush, typically with an ink cartridge similar to that on a fountain pen.

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Meanings

nounbrush-pen (plural brush-pens)

plural brush-pens

  1. alternativeAlternative form of brush pen.

    The scribe had to dip his brush-pen quite often; he could write only five to nine hieroglyphic characters with each dip.

    2010, Leila Avrin -, Scribes, Script, and Books, →ISBN
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    The use of the brush-pen and lampblack ink as the basic vehicle for committing thoughts to writing can be traced back to remote antiquity in China.

    2011, Tsuen-hsuin Tsien, Collected Writings on Chinese Culture, →ISBN, page 3

    If, for instance, the shadow seems to take the shape of a Chinese brush-pen, the boy will become a great scholar; if it is shaped like a plough he will remain in the condition of a peasant or farmer.

    2011, Reginald F. Johnston, Lion and Dragon in Northern China, →ISBN, page 190
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