Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
propelling pencil
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And inside the pencil-case the management has placed something even more astonishing: a propelling pencil with four different colours in it.
▪ He tells her about the pencil-case and the four-colour propelling pencil.
Wiktionary
propelling pencil
n. (context UK English) A mechanical pencil.
Usage examples of "propelling pencil".
She mentioned Jericho's visit of the previous night and he made a note of it with a gold propelling pencil.
He wrote the note with a small gold propelling pencil on the back of an engraved visiting card.
He stopped the little engine by shorting the plug with his propelling pencil.
She stoppered the bottle, labelled it with her propelling pencil (not a pen—.
He dug in a pocket on the leg of his suit until he found a thick block of paper and a propelling pencil.