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Meanings of pencil sharpener in English

Russian
точилка
Portuguese
afia
Spanish
tajalápiz
Catalan
afilallapis
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A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.

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точилка
Usage of pencil sharpener in English
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
6
Another piece of design I love is the electric pencil sharpener by Kenneth Grange.
The Guardian
7
He said he was looking for a pencil sharpener.
Hush: a novel
8
This drill powered pencil sharpener cuts my pencil reduction time by at least 90%.
Wired
9
By collecting and displaying the shavings from your pencil sharpener, you can quantify the work you did.
Wired
10
He needs to buy a pencil sharpener.
Death of a Red Heroine
11
She remembered that sometime around her tenth birthday she had invented a new kind of pencil sharpener.
The Reptile Room
12
He's a terrorist with a pencil sharpener.
Radio NZ
13
There was no bookcase, no clock, no phone, no pencil sharpener, no letter tray, no pitcher of water.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
14
This is no ordinary pencil sharpener.
Wired
15
Or how about a pencil sharpener?
The new yorker
16
I turned toward the pencil sharpener.
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