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pencil tests

pencil tests is the plural of pencil test.

Meaning of pencil test

Noun

pencil test (plural pencil tests)

  1. (animation) An early version of an animated scene, consisting of rough sketches that are photographed or scanned.
  2. An informal test of whether a girl needs to wear a bra, based on whether a pencil placed in the inframammary fold stays in place or not.
  3. (South Africa, historical) A method of determining racial identity during apartheid, based on how easily a pencil pushed through a person's hair can be removed.

Questions about pencil tests

What is pencil tests the plural of?
Pencil tests is the plural of pencil test.

Words near pencil tests in the dictionary

  1. pencil skirts
  2. pencil squid
  3. pencil stub
  4. pencil stubs
  5. pencil test
  6. pencil tests
  7. pencil topper
  8. pencil toppers
  9. pencil torch
  10. pencil torches
  11. pencil tower

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