- Pencil moustache – Vincent rules!
- Pencil skirt – always popular and fashionable.
- The Flying Pencil – Dornier Do17, a German bomber from World War 2.
- Pencil pine – various species of tall slender conifers, pines, etc. Got a few in my garden.
- Pencil pleating – thin pleating on curtains, etc that looks like a row of pencils?
- Pencil pusher – the typical office/clerical worker, as shown by this little graphic.
Guess I could also stick in a photo of me here, but there are much more interesting looking people who self-associate with the term “pencil-pusher”, like this person:
Or the more mechanical interpretation?
- Pencil head – rather similar to the pencil pusher.
However, this x-ray shows a very extreme case of pencil-headism.
- Pencil fish - various species of long thin fish.
- Styptic (or Caustic) pencil – used to stop bleeding by barbers, boxers, etc.
- Pencil boat – typically a long narrow inflatable type boat.
However, there is also the more fundamentally pure interpretation.
OK, well I stopped at 10, but feel free to suggest more. I imagine there are many others in different languages and countries.
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"pencil neck"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pencil+neck
dull pencil....
meaning, a dullard
The stiletto heel is called "Bleistiftabsatz" in German which means "pencil heel" if translated word-to-word.
If you haven't read "The Pencil" By Henry Petroski, you're in for a treat. As an artist I love pencils they are sacrificed everyday to create beautiful works of art.
Thomas
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