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"pencil sharpener" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it in a sentence like this: "I can't find the pencil sharpener - has anyone seen it?".
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pencil sharpener
noun
A device used to sharpen pencils by shaving the wood at one end.
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Remember to buy an eyeliner pencil sharpener to re-sharpen your pencil if it goes blunt.
As with regular chalk, you can sharpen Butterstix with a pencil sharpener for more precision when drawing.
"He would go to the hut at about 10am and would sharpen all six pencils with an electric pencil sharpener.
It's his electric pencil sharpener.
You'll never miss the pencil sharpener.
He needed a pencil sharpener, too.
The electric pencil sharpener buzzed from a corner.
To operate in Pencil Sharpener mode, see pp. 58-62.
Set up the Polygraph Pencil Sharpener during exams.
Yes, the country that gave us the guillotine and pencil sharpener is apparently "in decline".
BARNES: And I had to go out and get him a special kind of pencil sharpener.
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