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Meanings of propelling pencil in English

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A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead.

Usage of propelling pencil in English
1
Interestingly the next picture shows a gold propelling pencil in the shape of a musket also dating from the 1880's.
The South African
2
I was one of those children who received an embossed propelling pencil and teaspoon at primary school to commemorate the coronation in 1953.
The Guardian
3
When the partner drew a diagram the Irishman moved it closer with the rubber of a propelling pencil so that he left no fingerprints.
Carte Blanche