pen
(redirected from pens)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
pen
slang A prison or penitentiary. The governor was sent to the pen for five years after being convicted of embezzling state money.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
pen
n. a penitentiary; prison. (Underworld.) Bart got sent to the pen for fifteen years.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- a pen pusher
- a poison pen letter
- a slip of the pen
- a slip of the tongue/pen
- be in the bullpen
- dip (one's) pen in gall
- dip your pen in gall
- don't dip your pen in (the) company ink
- in the bull pen
- in the bullpen
- lapse of the pen
- never dip your pen into the company's ink
- pen
- pen and ink
- pen in
- pen is mightier than the sword
- pen is mightier than the sword, the
- pen picture
- pen pusher
- pen up
- poison pen
- poison-pen letter
- put pen to paper
- set pen to paper
- slip of the lip
- slip of the pen
- slip of the tongue
- the pen is mightier than the sword
- with a stroke of the/(one's) pen
- with the stroke of a/(one's) pen