inkhorns

inkhorns
n. small container made from an animal's horn (was used in the past to hold writing ink) adj. pretentious in one's learning

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • Five Inkhorn Court —    West out of Middlesex Street, south of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746).    Site occupied by the warehouses of the London and St. Katherine Dock Co., some of the warehouses having been erected in 1799, now occupied by the Port of… …   Dictionary of London

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