ballpoint

/ ˈbɔːlˌpɔɪnt /

noun

1. Also called (Brit): Biro. a pen having a small ball bearing as a writing point

Example Sentences

He took a year out to apply to study law, during which he worked as a dustman, on a kibbutz and as a ballpoint pen salesman in South Africa.

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He called her every day and kept a diary, sketching rap lyrics and poems in blue ballpoint pen.

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Dahl, who was born in the Cardiff suburb of Llandaff, produced the sketches in black ballpoint pen for the book Boy, which was published in 1984.

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Mitchell has been drawing for as long as he can remember, but it was a high school classmate pointing out the permanent nature of a ballpoint pen that led to his aha moment.

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It has tweezers, whatever backgrounds I’m working with and cutting tools that are usually ballpoint pens that have run out of ink.

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