A knife sharpener. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Dave, another fine knife sharpener is made by Rada Mfg. Co. From Wordnik.com. [Video Blog: Barrel Cooling Done Right] Reference
A new sharpener is available on application to the supervisor. From Wordnik.com. [Workplaces have been worse! | My[confined]Space] Reference
• Has there been a preschooler on the planet who hasn't stuck a pinkie into the "free" built-in sharpener?. From Wordnik.com. [Ad Track: Dove cleans up; Dunkin' Donuts vs. Starbucks] Reference
As for knife sharpeners, I find that the Chef's Choice 3-stage sharpener is the best and easiest to use all-around. From Wordnik.com. [More on Plaxico and Christmas] Reference
You don't need the box with 64 crayons and a built-in sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [Augustine's Laws - and Ares 1 - NASA Watch] Reference
The sharpener is a beautifully engineered steel cylinder style, made in Germany (by Kum). From Wordnik.com. [Bend Blogs] Reference
I have had good luck with my Spyderco sharpener, which is like yours, except that it uses trangular stones and is far more expensive. From Wordnik.com. [Video Clip: About Ceramic Sharpeners] Reference
ScaryDan gave me a late Christmas present, a ski sharpener which is something I need as we are going to Schweitzer tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Someone has an attitude problem.] Reference
What really sold me was the clever sharpener which is concealed as a working cap for the pencil. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
There is an artisanal pencil sharpener in my town. From Wordnik.com. [Making A Point: Paint, Sponges, and Determination] Reference
Then the shot, the devil-killer, the wit-sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
She had a pencil, but no sharpener, so she used a machete. From Wordnik.com. [Ingrid Betancourt Details Kidnapping In New Book] Reference
It will polish knives -- can be used as a knife sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
Yesterday a fat, toothless knife sharpener came to my door. From Wordnik.com. [W. Hunter Roberts: Notes of a Temporary Ex-Pat #4: The Details Without the Devil] Reference
Do you prefer electric or manual pencil sharpener? electricc. From Wordnik.com. [Random Survey I Stole...] Reference
The purpose of the new pencil sharpener is evidently the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 36, July 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
Do not use a pencil sharpener, for it leaves too sharp a point. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
This is another helpful little contrivance, a pencil sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 36, July 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
'Are you just giving it a sharpener, running it here on the Flat?'. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
One robot, dressed as a sailor, gave them a pencil and a sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Hardware, you go, ` Ah, there's the pencil sharpener I had in school. From Wordnik.com. [Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There] Reference
Use your sharpener to keep the leads at comfortable sharpness for you. From Wordnik.com. [Drawing Tools and Tips for Beginners] Reference
He also bought a sharpening stone and a hand-operated knife sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
"He said, 'Would you consider endorsing my knife sharpener?'" says Claiborne. From Wordnik.com. [Commercially Speaking] Reference
Jazz is a pencil sharpener, jazz is a frying pan, jazz is (UNINTELLIGIBLE), jazz!. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2001] Reference
The plot was very Stephen King-ish, all about a pencil menaced by a pencil sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [QUIBBLES & BITS] Reference
I came on several brunos bouncing an old scissor sharpener all over an acre of street. From Wordnik.com. [Petty Pewter Gods]
(Arguing with a Wagnerite is like sticking your finger in an electric pencil sharpener.). From Wordnik.com. [Why Israel Still Shuts Wagner Out] Reference
You can carry it loose in your pocket without fear of injuring the sharpener or yourself. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 16, February 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
He said we were going to build the world's largest pencil sharpener, but we ran out of money. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2008] Reference
Total 1¼ in. per cu.yd. An “Ajax” drill sharpener was used, and proved very satisfactory. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154] Reference
Bob Kramer has been a circus clown, a magician, a chef, a waiter, and a traveling knife sharpener. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Knives Of Chefs: Bob Kramer's Legendary Knives 6 Chefs' Favorite Blades] Reference
Within seconds, he was holding a whirling sharpener on a cordless drill for the architect's pencil. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
He's more authentic than any foo-foo with a mechanical sharpener "liberated" from a classroom, too. From Wordnik.com. [Making A Point: Paint, Sponges, and Determination] Reference
There is actual real lead in this too, but we don't have a big enough pencil sharpener either for this thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2008] Reference
GRADUATING FROM THE set of eight Crayola crayons to the 64-crayon box with the sharpener in the back is a rite of passage. From Wordnik.com. [Luck Of The Draw] Reference
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