ballpoint

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  1. noun A pen having as its writing point a small ball bearing that transfers ink stored in a cartridge onto a writing surface.

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  • It seemed to have a string of numbers and letters on it and a cheap ballpoint was shoved through the spiral. —  DearlyDevotedDexter
  • Alastair grabbed a napkin, borrowed a ballpoint, and started a list. —  EQMM, July 2005
  • He made a pot of coffee, fished for a ballpoint pen on the table and started making notations on the back of an envelope. —  THE ANASTASIA SYNDROME AND OTHER STORIES
  • Besides, he looked familiar, and his alien death device looked like a ballpoint pen. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#215
  • The Pentel RSVP is a popular fancy ballpoint, and it was smooth and dense going on, but had almost completely faded away .... oops! —  Journalisimo | Back to Analog
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