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Meanings of good penman in English

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Usage of good penman in English
1
He had heard the Duke of Marlborough was no special good penman.
The Virginians
2
He is a good penman, correct accountant, and acquainted with correspondence.
Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful ...
3
He was not a very good penman, was little Will.
Children of the Tenements
4
Greene was also a good penman, and would be useful to Hudson in that capacity.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5
5
You say, too, that you know shorthand, and I know that you are a good penman.
The Adventures of a Boy Reporter
6
You're a good penman, Agnew, and I shall want a sample, after we've had a friendly chat.
Frank Merriwell's Reward
7
He had been a good penman at school, so that he had no difficulty in writing his letter.
The Rival Crusoes
8
He is not a very good penman, however; though, so far, his words have all been spelled correct.
Remarks
9
Dennis Dooley, Justice of the Peace of the commonwealth of Virginia in the year 1789, was a good penman.
The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers
10
Then gentlemen were eager for a good penman, as lame people are for their crutch, for they were rare.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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Mr. Alner was a remarkably good penman and accountant, as well as a great proficient in teaching the use of the globes.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1
12
You are a good penman, and ready accountant, I think you tell me; and I presume you have a sufficient knowledge of book-keeping.
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
13
"I went to school with him, and he was a good penman, though that was about all he was as a scholar."
Up the River; or, Yachting on the Mississippi
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