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PEN PAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pen pal mean?
• PEN PAL (noun)
The noun PEN PAL has 1 sense:
1. a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
Familiarity information: PEN PAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
pen-friend; pen pal
Hypernyms ("pen pal" is a kind of...):
correspondent; letter writer (someone who communicates by means of letters)
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