Meaning of pencil-sharpener | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“The modern man will wave⟳ a cigarette instead of a stick⟳; he will cut⟳ his pencil with a little screwing pencil-sharpener instead of a knife; and he will even boldly offer⟳ to be warmed by hot water pipes instead of a fire. I have⟳ my doubts about pencil-sharpeners even for sharpening pencils; and about hot water pipes even for heat.”

“‘Mr Sinnott, she has no use⟳ for another pencil-sharpener. When I was up with her breakfast I counted fourteen pencil-sharpeners.’”

“And his editor and friend could never know⟳ in advance whether he was about to receive⟳ an outline for a new novel, play⟳, or story, or a scheme for improving electric pencil-sharpeners.”

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