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penmanship

[pen-muhn-ship] / ˈpɛn mənˌʃɪp /


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Penmanship, romanticized by signatures like Ruth’s, is no longer stressed.

From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2014

In Manhattan's Hotel Pennsylvania last week an elderly salesman for a pencil company was waiting for the National Association of Penmanship Teachers and Supervisors to close the first session of its annual convention.

From Time Magazine Archive

Necrology Eight Wielders of the Pen Meet at Last the Wielder of the Scythe Penmanship is the occasion of comparatively few occupational diseases.

From Time Magazine Archive

As president of the Association, Miss Connor outlined her Theory of the History of Penmanship.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Was there ever a Coup de Theatre,” Adams complained, “that had so great an effect as Jefferson’s Penmanship of the Declaration of Independence.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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