hot pencil
hot pencil noun: a police officer who writes a high volume of traffic tickets.
Noun
hot pencil (plural hot pencils)
- A police officer who writes a high volume of traffic tickets.
- He was a hot pencil who kept CHP brass happy by writing more tickets than anybody. Secretly, he was using his highly polished Badge 861 1 to stalk young women for weird, sexually tinged power games.2004, San Diego Magazine, page 60
- From what he could ascertain, he was at least as good or even better as a police detective and as a partner than Charga ever was or could ever be. “he was more than a hot pencil when he was in uniform.” Dunne continued, “Did you know ...2011, Joseph "Champagne Joe" Militello, Canister Of Evil, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 34
Forms of hot pencil
| plural | hot pencils |
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Origin of hot pencil
A police officer uses a pencil to write tickets, which would get warm if used a lot due to friction.
Questions about hot pencil
- What does hot pencil mean?
- Hot pencil means a police officer who writes a high volume of traffic tickets.
- What part of speech is hot pencil?
- Hot pencil is a noun.
- What is the plural of hot pencil?
- The plural of hot pencil is hot pencils.
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