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ballpoint
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ball·point  (bôlpoint)
n.
A pen having as its writing point a small ball bearing that transfers ink stored in a cartridge onto a writing surface.

ballpoint, ballpoint pen [ˈbɔːlˌpɔɪnt], ball pen
n
a pen having a small ball bearing as a writing point Also called (Brit) Biro
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ballpointballpoint - a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
pen - a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
Translations
ballpoint [ˈbɔːlpɔɪnt] ballpoint pen Nbolígrafo m, birome m or f (S. Cone)
ballpoint ball-point, ballpoint pen, ball-point pen [ˈbɔːlpɔɪnt] n (= Biro) → stylo-bille m


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I would trace the gothic typeface of The New York Times banner head, [and] practice the copperplate script that adorns wedding invitations with felt markers and ballpoint pens," he recalls.
Other drawings made by exhausting ballpoint pens in rendering endless chains of loops seem too derivative of more ambitious work by Tim Hawkinson, while lightboxes with stickers layered on their insides to create quasi-cosmic atmospheric depth never achieve the kind of transformation Donovan engineers elsewhere.
And in Sangha, although not in the smaller villages like Tireli, some beg for money, candy, paper, and ballpoint pens.
 
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