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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
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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
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First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pen%20pal. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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pen pal
noun
: a friend made and kept through letter-writing
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