chinagraphn.
/ˈtʃʌɪnəɡrɑːf/, /ˈtʃʌɪnəɡraf/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪnəˌɡræf/ In full chinagraph pencil: a pencil with which it is possible to write on china, glass, and other hard surfaces.
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coloured pencil1735
colour pencil1799
propelling pencil1852
programme pencil1868
copying pencil1883
grease pencil1890
chinagraph pencil1943
pencil crayon1953
1943 R. Hill Desert Conquest ix. 65 All the officers..go up to the squadron leader's tank, armed with map-cases and chinagraph pencils.
1944 L. MacNeice Springboard 26 May come up with a chinagraph.
1950 G. Wilson Brave Company (1951) xiii. 223 My boxes of colored chinagraph pencils.
1960 Times 1 Feb. 11/2 He will certainly be drawing on the map, in a broad stroke of the chinagraph, the general axis of advance.
1969 Listener 27 Mar. 439/2 You can draw pictures or write messages on a coloured egg using a white Chinagraph pencil.
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