pencase

English

Etymology

From pen +‎ case.

Noun

pencase (plural pencases)

1. A box or case for storing a pen.
   • 1861, Edward William Cox, Reports of Cases in Criminal Law:

     The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.

Hyponyms

• qalamdan

Anagrams

• en space, peacens