See pen pal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "pʉ̂ʉan taang jòt-mǎai",
"sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
"word": "เพื่อนทางจดหมาย"
},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
"word": "bạn qua thư"
}
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"pen pal"
],
"word": "pen pal"
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"forms": [
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"form": "pen pals",
"tags": [
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"singular",
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},
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"form": "pen palling",
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"participle",
"present"
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"name": "en-verb"
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{
"ref": "1986 December 7, Richard DuBose, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 14:",
"text": "Friendship provides shelter from the buffeting storms of life and the complexities of life situations. By penpalling, both can exchange thoughts, feelings, ideas, ideals and knowledge. Such an exchange promotes fresh insights and personal growth for both insider and those in the free world. Please let's talk.",
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"glosses": [
"To correspond with a pen pal."
],
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"correspond",
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"(informal, transitive, intransitive) To correspond with a pen pal."
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