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Meanings of lead pencil in English

Russian
механический карандаш
Portuguese
lapiseira
Spanish
lapiz mecánico
Catalan
llapis automàtic
Wikidata

Pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable solid pigment core.

      механический карандаш
      Russian
      графитный карандаш
      Spanish
      lápiz de grafito
      Wikidata

      Writing instrument with a graphite core.

            графитный карандаш
            Usage of lead pencil in English
            1
            His hands played with a lead pencil that lay on the desk.
            Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
            2
            Similar to lead pencil, and of even greater delicacy, is silver-point drawing.
            The Practice and Science of Drawing
            3
            When he returned, the message was written out in lead pencil:-
            The Kingdom of the Blind
            4
            Instead of the traditional lead pencil, his hand covers a mouse.
            The Irish Times
            5
            He produced an old envelope and a lead pencil and scribbled.
            The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
            6
            John took a lead pencil and wrote the cable despatch which Wentworth received.
            A Woman Intervenes
            7
            Wyoming already has women enough who write with a lead pencil.
            Remarks
            8
            Now mould out into rope-shaped pieces a little longer than a lead pencil.
            Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
            9
            I'll lend you a lead pencil, the back of an envelope will do.'
            Celibates
            10
            When the paper was removed the beeswax retained the marks of the lead pencil.
            The Building of a Book / A Series of Practical Articles Written ...
            11
            Gwen paused in the act of sharpening a lead pencil, and eyed the intruder.
            The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
            12
            The message, he concluded lamely, had been scrawled on the wall in lead pencil.
            The Complete Jack the Ripper
            13
            Wentworth hemmed and tapped on the desk with the end of his lead pencil.
            A Woman Intervenes
            14
            The third support, placed at the apex of the triangle, was a lead pencil.
            Moon-Face, and Other Stories
            15
            Grace sat poking holes in an unoffending sheet of paper with her lead pencil.
            Grace Harlowe's Problem
            16
            We both looked at the digits scribbled in lead pencil.
            The Lost Sisterhood
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            Translations for lead pencil
            Portuguese
            lapiseira
            Lead pencil through the time
            Lead pencil across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Less common