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Meanings of pencil pointer in English

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A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.

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      Examples for "topper"
      Examples for "topper"
      1
      Will he replace John Bruton as the leading poll-topper in the State?
      The Irish Times
      2
      You seem to me to have the making of an absolute topper!
      Something New
      3
      The answer is in the feather topper used by the professionals.
      The Irish Times
      4
      The boy inspected the old blue coat, the topper, and the worn gloves.
      Bambi
      5
      Texas hit the stage with aplomb, launching straight into recent chart-topper In Demand.
      The Irish Times
      1
      It is wonderful what a sharpener of the poor wits hunger is!
      A Rough Shaking
      2
      The last thing I took from my bag was my pencil sharpener.
      The thirteenth tale: a novel
      3
      One by one, I inserted the lead ends into the sharpener.
      The thirteenth tale: a novel
      4
      They have paper and colored pencils and even a little sharpener.
      The whole world: a novel
      5
      The notes seemed to keep time to the hand of the sickle- sharpener.
      The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Volume 2
      1
      It is derived from the French parer to parry, and chute a fall.
      The Mastery of the Air
      2
      It's about time you learnt your mistake, you old cheese-parer!
      Will Warburton
      3
      Guy said "Thank you" and began to turn the parer eagerly.
      Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
      4
      The countess remained looking at the parer for a time, then she raised her tearful eyes to the face of the empress.
      Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
      5
      No better nut-crackers and fruit-parers could possibly be found.
      Science in Arcady
      1
      The last thing I took from my bag was my pencil sharpener.
      The thirteenth tale: a novel
      2
      At the Concordia Institute, in Conn., the electric pencil sharpener turns up missing.
      The new yorker
      3
      Now her ass is about as inviting as a pencil sharpener.
      Choke
      4
      His job there is that of head pencil sharpener, he says.
      The new yorker
      5
      And I got a new pencil sharpener for our department.
      The new yorker