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brush-pen en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of brush pen.
   alt of brush pen
   • The use of the brush-pen and lampblack ink as the basic vehicle for committing thoughts to writing can be traced back to remote antiquity in China. 2011, Tsuen-hsuin Tsien, Collected Writings on Chinese Culture, →ISBN, page 3:
   • If, for instance, the shadow seems to take the shape of a Chinese brush-pen, the boy will become a great scholar; if it is shaped like a plough he will remain in the condition of a peasant or farmer. 2011, Reginald F. Johnston, Lion and Dragon in Northern China, →ISBN, page 190:
   • The scribe had to dip his brush-pen quite often; he could write only five to nine hieroglyphic characters with each dip. 2010, Leila Avrin -, Scribes, Script, and Books, →ISBN:

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