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penmanship

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pen·man·ship  (pnmn-shp)
n.
The art, skill, style, or manner of handwriting; calligraphy.

penmanship
Noun
Formal style or technique of writing by hand

penmanship
1. the art or skill of handwriting or writing with a pen.
2. a particular person’s manner or characteristic style of handwriting.
See also: Writing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.penmanshippenmanship - beautiful handwriting
handwriting, script, hand - something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"

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Under the old dim writing of the Yankee historian appeared traces of a penmanship which was older and dimmer still -- Latin words and sentences: fragments from old monk- ish legends, evidently.
It was rumored that Miss Maxwell "wrote," which word, when uttered in a certain tone, was understood to mean not that a person had command of penmanship, Spencerian or otherwise, but that she had appeared in print.
A damn'd cramp piece of penmanship as ever I saw in my life!
 
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