pencil test (English, noun)
expansion: pencil test (plural pencil tests)
Senses:
qualifier: animation
glosses: An early version of an animated scene, consisting of rough sketches that are photographed or scanned.
glosses: An informal test of whether a girl needs to wear a bra, based on whether a pencil placed in the inframammary fold stays in place or not.
glosses: A method of determining racial identity during apartheid, based on how easily a pencil pushed through a person's hair can be removed.
tags: South-Africa
historical
Forms:
form: pencil tests
tags: plural