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  • And a close observer might have observed that he did not touch his bare fingers to the timepiece, but poked it about, and touched it here and there, with the end of a leadpencil.

    The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story Chester K. Steele

  • Morning and evening he brought tribute -- a flower from the masses that came in daily; an orange, got by no one knows what trickery from the kitchen; a leadpencil; a box of cheap candies.

    Love Stories Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

  • Not a few times, when a new student has been led into the temptation of marring the looks of some building by leadpencil marks or by the cuts of a jack-knife, I have heard an old student remind him: “Don’t do that.

    A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw 1901

  • S.G. G.No. 2 stands at the same leadpencil mark on the floor, resplendent in a filmy creation caught with something or other.

    The University of Hard Knocks Ralph Parlette 1900

  • Not a few times, when a new student has been led into the temptation of marring the looks of some building by leadpencil marks or by the cuts of a jack-knife, I have heard an old student remind him: "Don't do that.

    Up From Slavery: An Autobiography 1901

  • Not a few times, when a new student has been led into the temptation of marring the looks of some building by leadpencil marks or by the cuts of a jack-knife, I have heard an old student remind him: "Don't do that.

    Up From Slavery Washington, Booker T 1901

  • Not a few times, when a new student has been led into the temptation of marring the looks of some building by leadpencil marks or by the cuts of a jack-knife, I have heard an old student remind him: "Don't do that.

    Up from Slavery: an autobiography Booker T. Washington 1885

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