red-pencilling

Variant of red-pencil

red-pencil definition

red·-pencil (red′pen′səl)

transitive verb red-penciled -·ciled or red-pencilled -·cilled, red-penciling -·cil·ing or red-pencilling -·cil·ling

to edit or revise with or as if with a pencil having red lead

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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