pencil torch

noun

A small, long and thin flashlight.

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Meanings

nounpencil torch (plural pencil torches)

plural pencil torches

  1. A small, long and thin flashlight.

    He risked a quick glance with his pencil torch and immediately the underbelly of the mass of brown tree-coral came alive.

    1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 202
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