What does pencil-sharpener mean?
Pencil-sharpener means Alternative form of pencil sharpener..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of pencil sharpener..
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.
Use pencil-sharpener when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pencil-sharpener means Alternative form of pencil sharpener..
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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.
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