_:vb6839441 "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 12:"@en . _:vb6839440 . _:vb6839440 "(countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools."@en . "3" . . _:vb6839441 "He wrote all down one side of the slate and all up the other, and then remarked--\"As there's no time to finish that, The time has come to have our chat.\""@en . _:vb6839441 .