styptic pencil

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styptic pencil (plural styptic pencils)

  1. A short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).
    Synonym: styptic stick
    I said, never clip a dog's nails without a styptic pencil handy.
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