red-pencil
[ red-pen-suhl ]
verb (used with object),red-pen·ciled, red-pen·cil·ing or (especially British) red-pen·cilled, red-pen·cil·ling.
to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead: His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance.
Origin of red-pencil
1First recorded in 1955–60
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How to use red-pencil in a sentence
Seated at the library table he opened the letter and saw at once that the red-pencilled cross at the top was missing.
The Danger Mark | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for red-pencil
red-pencil
verb-cils, -cilling or -cilled or US -cils, -ciling or -ciled
(tr) to revise or correct (a book, manuscript, etc)
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