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quill

[kwil] / kwɪl /


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In his heyday, Michael Quill ran New York City’s transit-workers union and practically owned New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Mr. Naiden admired Quill, but he would never have ripped up a copy of the Daily Worker as Quill did in public for show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The Grey Quill Society began in 2013 as a four-week memoir writing class that has continued indefinitely.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

At first glance, the page of notes scrawled on a Quill pad looks like an artifact of potentially historic significance.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

Yea, & the Rest, who will line up Tomorrow & belabor my Quill, tho’ they hear this Missive is already sent.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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