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 

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pen pal was in 1925

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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pen%20pal. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

pen pal

noun
: a friend made and kept through letter-writing

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