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pen

/pɛn/ noun C2
  1. Penalty. (slang) · England won 3–1 on pens.

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Maxwell stood by his desk with his hands full of telegrams and memoranda, with a fountain pen over his right ear and his hair hanging in disorderly strings over his forehead.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 19 · C1
"Try it yourself, Holmes!" he has retorted, and I am compelled to admit that, having taken my pen in my hand, I do begin to realize that the matter must be presented in such a way as may interest the reader.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2
Spada, a prudent man, and greatly attached to his only nephew, a young captain of the highest promise, took paper and pen, and made his will.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 190 · C1
“Stop a bit,” said the abbé, taking up what he called his pen, and, after dipping it into the ink, he wrote on a piece of prepared linen, with his left hand, the first two or three words of the accusation.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 164 · C1

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