Meanings
verbgoose-pen (third-person singular simple present goose-pens, present participle goose-penning, simple past and past participle goose-penned)
present singular third person goose-pens · participle present goose-penning · participle past goose-penned · past goose-penned
- rareTo write with a quill pen.
Upon the infinitely wise countrywoman's suggestion, she goose-penned, from the edge of her bed, on a side table with cabriole legs, a love letter and took five minutes to reread it in a languorous but loud voice […]
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 7
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