in pencil

in pencil

Using a pencil, as opposed to a pen or other such writing implement. The teacher says that we have to do our math homework in pencil. I do all of my sketches in pencil first.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in pencil

written or signed with a pencil. Why did you write your report in pencil? You can't sign a check in pencil!
See also: pencil
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • in ink
  • pencil out
  • pencil in
  • pencil me in
  • lend (one) (something)
  • lent
  • writer's cramp
  • pencil
  • have lead in (one's) pencil
  • have lead in one’s pencil
References in periodicals archive
They didn't need to speak English well to work on the line processing chicken, and the pay, which was higher than minimum wage and included health insurance, was better than the pay in pencil manufacturing, the other dominant local industry.
1937-39), a work in pencil on paper, registers also in the humorous, leech-like form seated on a straight-backed chair and in the upside-down shadow cast against the room's back wall.
The 16' x 25 ins work is in pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper.
A work in pencil can be a drawing, a watercolor, or an oil painting.
In pencil's definition in Sobhol Asha book, there is a definition as follows: pencil (shaving cream) and its name is because of its strength or because, they are cutting the head of the pencil.
The owner of the article of Favayedol Khotot that compilation of Darvish Mohammed Bokhari in pencils Osmose, wrote such this: know that the pencil has different types such as Vaseti, Amoie, Egyptian and Mazandarani and the best of them is Vaseti and Amoie.
Furthermore, they limited the colors of strokes to fill a region by two, which results in pencil drawings of unnatural colors.
The 16' x 25 ins work was done in pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper.
Meringoff's involvement in PENCIL began many years ago and grew deeper two years ago when he helped fund and develop the "PENCIL Fellows Program." Run in partnership with the Department of Education's Virtual Enterprises Program, the PENCIL Fellows Program has provided 250 deserving public high school students with paid summer internships over the past two years.
The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) now includes a mandatory essay written in pencil, and the convenience and reliability of the new technology makes it ideal for such applications, says Rinzler.
It was proposed that the wood and aluminum found in pencils may have caused a severe inflammatory reaction.
She added that pencil manufacturers were inclined to incorporate new technology in pencils in order to make them more reliable.
If you travel, you can specialize in pencils from other states and countries.