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inkhorn

[ingk-hawrn] / ˈɪŋkˌhɔrn /


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A new student at Al Azhar buys himself a high, tight academic turban, sharpens his reed quills, tucks his inkhorn into his belt, takes off his slippers, and enters Al Azhar mosque.

From Time Magazine Archive

He carried a quill pen stuck in his hat, an inkhorn in his lapel, and his fiddle on the wagon seat beside him.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in the kitchen sat Sam Adams himself, inkhorn and papers before him.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

He was still in his bedgown and slippers, with paper, inkhorn, and pens about him, writing poetry.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

I see your follower there has an inkhorn and paper.'

From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks




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