- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- May 1 2023
- Paltry pencil
Paltry pencil
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Paltry pencil' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Paltry pencil crossword clue was last seen on May 1 2023 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | STUB | Paltry pencil | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
| • | The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. |
| • | A log; a block; a blockhead. |
| • | The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. |
| • | A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. |
| • | A pen with a short, blunt nib. |
| • | A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. |
| • | To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. |
| • | To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. |
| • | To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. |
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