pen pal

pen pal
`pen ,pal noun count INFORMAL
someone who you regularly write friendly letters to but have never met. British usually pen friend

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Pen pal — Pen pals (or penpals or pen friends) are people who regularly write to each other, particularly via postal mail.PurposesA penpal relationship is often used to practice reading and writing in a foreign language, to improve literacy, to learn more… …   Wikipedia

  • pen pal — pen pals also pen pal N COUNT A pen pal is someone you write friendly letters to and receive letters from, although the two of you may never have met. Syn: pen friend …   English dictionary

  • pen pal — n someone you make friends with by writing letters, especially someone who lives in another country and who you have never met British Equivalent: pen friend …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pen pal — pen′ pal n. a person with whom one keeps up an exchange of letters, usu. someone far away • Etymology: 1935–40, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • pen pal — ► NOUN informal ▪ a penfriend …   English terms dictionary

  • pen pal — n. a person, esp. a stranger in another country, with whom one arranges a regular exchange of letters …   English World dictionary

  • pen pal — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pen pal : singular pen pal plural pen pals a pen friend …   English dictionary

  • pen pal — {n.} A friend who is known to someone through an exchange of letters. * /John s pen pal writes him letters about school in Alaska./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pen pal — {n.} A friend who is known to someone through an exchange of letters. * /John s pen pal writes him letters about school in Alaska./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pen pal — a person with whom one keeps up an exchange of letters, usually someone so far away that a personal meeting is unlikely: My niece in Texas has a pen pal in France. [1935 40, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

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