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countable and uncountable, plural biros
A Biro brand ballpoint pen. quotations examples
Biro MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF Writing"BIRO" is unique: it writes with a ballpoint — a point that never goes wrong, never floods, bends or splutters — a point that rolls your writing on to the paper with effortless ease. "BIRO" ink dries as you write; you cannot smudge it; you need no blotter. […] Retail price 55/- including purchase tax
1945 November and December, Railway Magazine, page v, advertisement
Frank's Biro taps delicately at the topmost of the little yellow notes.
1993, Iain Banks, Complicity, published 2008, unnumbered page
(by extension, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Any ballpoint pen. quotations examples
Massimo's finger was poised above red on his multi-coloured biro like a kangaroo frozen in headlights.
2007, Karen Foxlee, The Anatomy of Wings, page 250
(uncountable, by extension) Ink from a ballpoint pen. quotations examples
‘My very creative 2-year-old son used my good friend′s white polyester Roman blinds as a canvas,’ says Jacqui. They′re now covered in blue biro. And although my friend isn′t too bothered by the biro, I am! Can you help?′
2011, Shannon Lush, Jennifer Fleming, Completely Spotless, unnumbered page