Usually means: Writing tool with refillable lead.
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  1. mechanical pencil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mechanical pencil: Merriam-Webster
  3. mechanical pencil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mechanical pencil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. mechanical pencil: Wiktionary
  6. mechanical pencil: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. mechanical pencil: Dictionary.com
  8. Mechanical pencil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. mechanical pencil: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (mechanical pencil)

noun:  (Canada, US) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.

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