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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: László Biró (1899-1985), the pen's Hungarian inventor

biro

 noun
     
Related topics: Daily Life
bi‧ro plural biros [countable] trademark British English
DT a pen with a small ball at the end that puts ink onto paper [= ball point]
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