grease pencil

American  

noun

1. a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.

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Example Sentences

Lanier leaned on his down-home Texas folksiness throughout the trial, telling the jury what was on his heart and scribbling with grease pencil on his demonstrative aids.

From Los Angeles Times

In the next picture the oak tree outside my aunt’s boardinghouse is captured, in grease pencil, at change of season, the leaves all reds and golds.

From Literature

Sheriff’s officials maintained a map of evacuation areas covered with clear plexiglass and a grease pencil to mark it.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2016, Gesner told Curbed that he drew up the design for the home on a surfboard using a grease pencil.

From Los Angeles Times

Written in grease pencil on the acetate surface of the chart were columns and rows of numbers—the numbers of American and enemy troops killed or wounded in battle.

From Literature