pen-and-wash

English

Noun

pen-and-wash (plural pen-and-washes)

  1. A type of picture drawn using ink applied with a pen and a brush.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 9:
      Demon screwed in his monocle, unclicked out of its special flat case a small pen-and-wash and said he thought (did not doubt, in fact, but wished his certitude to be admired) that it was an unknown product of Parmigianino's tender art.
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