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pencil neck

pencil neck is the alternative form of pencil-neck.

Meaning of pencil-neck

Noun

pencil-neck (plural pencil-necks)

  1. (informal) A person with a very thin neck.
  2. (US, derogatory, idiomatic) An insubstantial person; a weakling.
    • That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.

Forms of pencil neck

pluralpencil necks

Questions about pencil neck

What is pencil neck the alternative form of?
Pencil neck is the alternative form of pencil-neck.

Words near pencil neck in the dictionary

  1. pencil leads
  2. pencil moustache
  3. pencil moustaches
  4. pencil mustache
  5. pencil mustaches
  6. pencil neck
  7. pencil necks
  8. pencil out
  9. pencil parer
  10. pencil parers
  11. pencil pine

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