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Meanings of penman in English

Informal terms for journalists.

Usage of penman in English
1
He had heard the Duke of Marlborough was no special good penman.
The Virginians
2
He became a skillful penman, and also studied astronomy, geometry, and Latin.
Discoverers and Explorers
3
This penman will have his inevitable natural slant to his letters.
Disputed Handwriting / An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensiv...
4
He is already an excellent penman and very quick at figures.
My Lady Ludlow
5
I presume I'm the finest penman who ever visited your city.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
6
Their names were posted, written with many a flourish by some village penman.
Soldier Silhouettes on Our Front
7
He is a good penman, correct accountant, and acquainted with correspondence.
Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful ...
8
Pollock was a silent, solitary fellow-anexcellent penman, much given to drawing pictures.
The Rough Riders
9
Well, I often wish I were a penman; but I never could do it.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
10
Therefore my friend Wislac, the English priest, will be the penman, having skill thereto.
Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln
11
Mir Ali, who transcribed this book, was the most excellent penman of his time.
Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concernin...
12
He had no clerk, and was himself a poor penman.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
13
The man who did that was a penman, believe me.
The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; or, The Secret of Cedar Island
14
He was not a very good penman, was little Will.
Children of the Tenements
15
To the penman, the saving in labor is insignificant.
What Is Man? and Other Essays
16
The simulated tremor of a skilful penman is rarely successful in deceiving a trained eye.
Disputed Handwriting / An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensiv...
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