lead pencil

[ led ]

/ lɛd /

a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.

Origin of lead pencil

First recorded in 1680–90

Gertrude asked for a lead-pencil and wrote one to a cousin in Montana, and Mr. Barker signed his name beneath hers.

Just Around the Corner |Fannie Hurst
Her listener hesitated for an instant, scratching the blonde plush of his cropped scalp with his lead-pencil.

Stories of the Foot-hills |Margaret Collier Graham
He was a very busy man, de Psalmist—writin' down hymns all day, sharpen'n' his lead-pencil, bossin' 'roun' de choir—callin' Selah!

Eli |Heman White Chaplin
That lead-pencil knew enough to realize that my ear was so big that anything short of a cord-wood stick could hide behind it.

Shavings |Joseph C. Lincoln

A block of paper is put on the table with a lead-pencil, with the hope of getting writing.

Mysterious Psychic Forces |Camille Flammarion

lead pencil

/ (lɛd) /

a pencil in which the writing material is a thin stick of a graphite compound