fountain pen

noun
a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.

Origin:
1700–10

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fountain pen
 
n
a pen the nib of which is supplied with ink from a cartridge or a reservoir in its barrel

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Fountain pen is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Shepherd says a fountain pen produces the nicest script, but a roller-ball pen is fine.
At the close of the evening the honor guest was presented with a beautiful fountain pen.
Please bring me a bicycle, a fountain pen, and a rifle.
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