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Definition of slate pencil in English: slate pencilnoun historical A pencil made of soft slate used for writing on slate. Example sentencesExamples - Eventually, the slate pencil was replaced by soft chalk, making it easier to write.
- Vintage slate pencils become increasingly more difficult to find, so many become broken over the years.
- It might be interesting if you do a bit of extra research to find out exactly what a slate pencil was.
- Slates and slate pencils were the forerunner of the whiteboard, and were the greatest paper saving device known.
- The manufacture of slate pencils from soapstone is an industry as old as the manufacture of slates.
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