Meaning of number 2 pencil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pencil which produces a specific shade of dark gray, often required for test-taking and the completion of official forms.
   Philippines, US
2. A standard, ordinary pencil; one which is not colored or mechanical or in any other way unusual.
   US

Examples

“I snapped to rigid attention when the teacher barked, "Clear your desks, get your number two pencils out, and get ready for your exam." Exam! What exam?”

“You shall not, I repeat, not, touch them with your finely sharpened number-two pencils or any other marking instrument until you are explicitly told to do so.”

“In using this system, absentee voters were instructed to mark their ballots with number two pencils. The optical scanner rejected ballots which were marked with instruments other than number two pencils.”

“"Mrs. Landry, I forgot to bring my number two pencils! Does that mean I flunk this test?" Big tears filled Joey's eyes.”

“How would that yellow number 2 pencil look as an ornament, inserted through a pierced ear-lobe or nasal septum?”

“Stand back as we attempt to capture and charm the most poisonous lead on your desk — the diamondback Number 2 pencil!”

“I do the actual writing on my computer, of course, but I find that jotting down notes with a number 2 pencil gets my brain working in a new way, helps me see the facts from a different angle.”

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