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lead pencil
[ led ]
noun
- a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
lead pencil
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noun
- a pencil in which the writing material is a thin stick of a graphite compound
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lead pencil1
First recorded in 1680–90
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Example Sentences
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Woolf ends up at a stationery shop on the Strand, where she purchases a single lead pencil before heading home.
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A lead tablet and lead pencil found at the dig could have belonged to White himself, Dawson said.
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Art supplies like lead pencils, barred as possible “dual use†for weapons, disappeared.
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For artists still in Iraq under the sanctions regime, even lead pencils could be contraband.
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They would stand on that rubble while leaving an inscription with a quill pen and ink or lead pencil on the vigas or latillas that make up the ceilings.
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