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Catchword for “pencil plane”
Catchword: pencil plane
Filed Under: ,
Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: The last leg of the trip was by “pencil plane,” as he called it, and he landed in the teeth of one of the worst storms of the season on Dec. 15.
Article or Document Title:
“Singh aims to put footprint on regional soccer scene” (URL)
Author:
Bill Hunt
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Daily Gleaner
Publishing Location:
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Date of Publication:
June 20, 2008
This catchword has yet to be researched.
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Comments:
I still don’t understand the definition of pencil plane.
by Larisa Gall 24 Jun 08, 0250 GMT

Anyway we finally got on the plane...a tiny little pencil plane which took us to Washington.

i don’t know the meaning excatly..but it might be - a narrow plane having a less seating capacity.


by eswar 26 Jun 08, 0218 GMT

I’m a flight attendant. And we have nicknamed all 757s pencil planes. Or, flying pencils. Because they’re long and impossibly thin.

And actually, the little planes that I think you are describing, are CRJs, and they’re perfectly proportioned little planes. If you’re a Barbie or a Ken doll.


by Larisa Gall 26 Jun 08, 0644 GMT

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