FOUNTAIN PEN Definition & Meaning

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fountain pen

noun

a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.

fountain pen

noun

a pen the nib of which is supplied with ink from a cartridge or a reservoir in its barrel

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Origin of fountain pen¹

First recorded in 1700–10

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Its reappearance a couple of weeks ago was so unexpected that the fountain pen community, which makes up a small but passionate corner of the office supplies market, was agog.

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The menu was signed in fountain pen by six influential Chinese statesmen, including Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai.

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This time the plan gets the fountain pen and cartridge paper treatment - a treaty, an agreement between two countries recognised internationally.

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This was particular relevant in his own case, the King said, after the "vicissitudes I have faced with frustratingly failing fountain pens this past year".

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The duchess revealed that as an adult she still has the collecting bug but nowadays it is fountain pens and watches that she favours.

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