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Biro|ˈbaɪərəʊ|
[f. the name of László Biró, the Hungarian inventor.]
The proprietary name of a particular make of ball-point pen; also (with lower-case initial) applied loosely to any ball-point pen. Hence ˈbiro v. trans., to write (something) with a biro; ˈbiroed ppl. a., written with a biro.
1947Trade Marks Jrnl. 29 Oct. 660/2 (heading) Biro. Writing instruments and parts thereof, not included in other classes. 1948‘G. Orwell’ Let. 2 Jan. in Coll. Ess. (1968) IV. 393 Thanks ever so for sending the pen... It'll do just as well as a Biro. 1952J. Cannan Body in Beck ii. 39 Price jumped and dropped his Biro pen. 1958Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 1 Dec. 299/1 A table 7 ft. 6 in. long, and biro pens were installed. 1962L. Deighton Ipcress File i. 12 The biro'd message, ‘Inquiries third floor..’. 1962Observer 4 Mar. 13/2 Most White Papers, editorials and poems are now not penned, but biro'ed. 1967M. Drabble Jerusalem the Golden vii. 169 Even the sight of a broken biro on his windowsill was of interest to her. |