pen pal

noun

: a friend made and kept through correspondence

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Shortly after joining the Daily News in November 1976, columnist Jimmy Breslin became a marquee name for the paper — and would soon become a larger than life figure after a serial killer terrorizing New York City chose him as a pen pal. —

For The New York Daily News, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024 He was born in Gothenburg to a Swedish father and Hawaiian mother, who met in the 1960s having been pen pals for years. —

Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024 Buy Now 05 of 22 'The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy' by Megan Bannen Set in a vivid and magical world full of spooky details, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy is a wholly unique story of a marshal who patrols a supernatural world (Hart) and an undertaker (Mercy) who inadvertently become pen pals. —

Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024 Email and Digital Pen Pals If your grandchildren prefer digital communication, consider becoming email pen pals. —

Garrison Leykam, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for pen pal