goosequill

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noun

A quill from a goose used as a pen for writing.

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Meanings

noungoosequill (plural goosequills)

plural goosequills

  1. A quill from a goose used as a pen for writing.

    Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens.

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40

Origin

From goose + quill.

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APA

goosequill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goosequill

MLA

“goosequill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goosequill. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goosequill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goosequill.

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