Meanings
nounpenworker (plural penworkers)
plural penworkers
- One who produces writings; a penman.
Many of those whose lucubrations appear in its pages give every evidence certainly that they have not passed through any of the processes which we benightedly have learned to believe tend toward the production of the accomplished penworker.
1897, The Editor; the Journal of Information for Literary Workers, page 47
Origin
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“penworker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penworker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penworker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penworker.
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