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{{Short description|Tool for sharpening a pencil's writing point by shaving away its worn surface}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} [[File:Sharpener with Pencil.jpg|thumbnail|right|upright=1.2|A manual prism sharpener generates long fan-shaped shavings]] [[File:Apsco Vacuhold pencil sharpener 15.ogv|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Video of a mechanical pencil sharpener, showing gearing and helical sharpening blades]] [[File:Aerra's Films of the Ordinary I -- Staedtler Pencil Sharpener.webm|thumb|Video showing a manual prism sharpener]] A '''pencil sharpener''' (or '''pencil pointer''', or in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] a '''parer''' or '''topper'''<ref name="CoughlanHughes2007">{{cite book|author1=Gerry Coughlan|author2=Martin Hughes|title=Irish Language and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhfHeSgnAcQC|year=2007|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-577-3|page=74}}</ref>) is a tool for sharpening a [[pencil]]'s writing point by shaving away its worn surface. Pencil sharpeners may be operated manually or by an [[electric motor]]. It is common for many sharpeners to have a casing around them, which can be removed for emptying the pencil shavings debris into a bin.
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