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  • noun A pot for holding ink; inkwell.

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  • noun a bottle of ink

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Examples

  • I fill my mind with whatever happens to be the contents of a room or a railway carriage as one fills a fountain-pen in an inkpot.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • Meanwhile, a crust of inky shellac forms on the rim of the inkpot, welding the lid onto it like cement ...

    The Comic Supplement Roger Langridge 2010

  • I fill my mind with whatever happens to be the contents of a room or a railway carriage as one fills a fountain-pen in an inkpot.

    Trumbles in Fiction III 2009

  • Meanwhile, a crust of inky shellac forms on the rim of the inkpot, welding the lid onto it like cement ...

    Archive 2010-01-01 Roger Langridge 2010

  • She dipped her goose-feather quill into a jade inkpot, drained the red ink along the side, and unhurriedly marked a circle around the black tent the eunuch had pointed out to her.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Holland looked up from his desk—a stained deal table across which were spread a dismantled pistol, paper and inkpot, and a range of small tools.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Some people get lovely images of their favorite writer slaving away over their typewriter, keyboard, fountain pen, quill and inkpot, what have you, sweat glistening on their brow as they waffle back and forth over whether the dog should be a retriever or a Labrador, or if that comma truly needs to be there.

    February « 2008 « Morgan Dempsey 2008

  • Holland looked up from his desk—a stained deal table across which were spread a dismantled pistol, paper and inkpot, and a range of small tools.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Some people get lovely images of their favorite writer slaving away over their typewriter, keyboard, fountain pen, quill and inkpot, what have you, sweat glistening on their brow as they waffle back and forth over whether the dog should be a retriever or a Labrador, or if that comma truly needs to be there.

    Writers Write « Morgan Dempsey 2008

  • She dipped her goose-feather quill into a jade inkpot, drained the red ink along the side, and unhurriedly marked a circle around the black tent the eunuch had pointed out to her.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

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