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- noun Plural form of
ballpoint .
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Examples
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The first day ballpoints went on sale in the United States, they were guaranteed to write for two years without refilling, and were instantly sold out at a cost of $12.50 each.
Maggie Van Ostrand: New Year's Non-Resolutions: Appreciating the Inventions that Make Our Lives Easier Maggie Van Ostrand 2011
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I usually end up writing with felts because they dry quickly while ballpoints smudge too damn easily, leaving lefties like myself with blue/black hands.
Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Good ballpoints don't leak, and laptops make writing even easier.
it puzzles me nathreee 2010
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The first day ballpoints went on sale in the United States, they were guaranteed to write for two years without refilling, and were instantly sold out at a cost of $12.50 each.
Maggie Van Ostrand: New Year's Non-Resolutions: Appreciating the Inventions that Make Our Lives Easier Maggie Van Ostrand 2011
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The first thing my boss did was add a chain to ours, like the ballpoints in some banks, so no one would walk off with it.
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Yet, at home I have a glass calligraphic pen (Venetian), other calligraphy pens that use nibs to be dipped in ink or come with a cartridge, as well as ballpoints, felt pens and pencils.
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The ballpoints, apparently sentient life forms, theory has it, when left unattended,return to their planet of origin “where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely ballpoint-oidlife-style, responding to highlyballpoint-oriented stimuli, and generally leading the ballpoint equivalent to the good life.”
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The ballpoints, apparently sentient life forms, theory has it, when left unattended,return to their planet of origin “where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely ballpoint-oidlife-style, responding to highlyballpoint-oriented stimuli, and generally leading the ballpoint equivalent to the good life.”
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It's so much more elegant than my method of whatever happens to be in the pen or my affection for purloined hotel ballpoints.
Not every lady wears Chanel No. 5 Kat Howard 2010
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The ballpoints, apparently sentient life forms, theory has it, when left unattended,return to their planet of origin “where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely ballpoint-oidlife-style, responding to highlyballpoint-oriented stimuli, and generally leading the ballpoint equivalent to the good life.”
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