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Word: gooseâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Isidore of Seville, in the early part of the 7th Century, remarked that he was writing his pages with both a kalamos made of a reed and a quill plucked from a bird. Writers used such quills?usually made from the stout wing feathers of the ever-present goose???into the 19th Century. Their use remains as an affectation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fountain Pens | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

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