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Meanings of sharpener in English

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

Synonyms
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 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
Usage of sharpener in English
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
6
Jenny reveals that she only took the sharpener to be fixed.
The new yorker
7
At the Concordia Institute, in Conn., the electric pencil sharpener turns up missing.
The new yorker
8
Now her ass is about as inviting as a pencil sharpener.
Choke
9
His job there is that of head pencil sharpener, he says.
The new yorker
10
Crayola has come a long way since the 64-piece box with the built-in sharpener.
Wired
11
BBC News went to meet one Seville-based knife sharpener, Rafael.
BBC
12
And I got a new pencil sharpener for our department.
The new yorker
13
The saw-sharpener laughed a little as he sat down again.
Alton of Somasco: A Romance of the Great Northwest
14
It will polish knives-canbe used as a knife sharpener.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20...
15
Another piece of design I love is the electric pencil sharpener by Kenneth Grange.
The Guardian
16
He said he was looking for a pencil sharpener.
Hush: a novel
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Sharpener through the time