Which preposition to use with penholder

across Occurrences 1%

" West carefully balanced a penholder across his fingers, and eyed it with close attention.

against Occurrences 1%

Now, telling the patient to look down, press a slender lead-pencil or penholder against the lid, parallel to and above the edge, and then pull the edge up, and turn it over the pencil by means of the lashes.

from Occurrences 1%

For instance I once gave a young psychometrist a penholder from the office of a lawyer, a friend of mine, located about eight hundred miles from the psychometrist.

to Occurrences 1%

The other, who listened, bit the end of his wooden penholder to splinters.

Which preposition to use with  penholder