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four-penny nail

four-penny nail is the alternative form of fourpenny nail.

Meaning of fourpenny nail

Noun

fourpenny nail (plural fourpenny nails)

  1. (dated) A nail 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) in length.

Forms of four-penny nail

pluralfour-penny nails

Questions about four-penny nail

What is four-penny nail the alternative form of?
Four-penny nail is the alternative form of fourpenny nail.

Words near four-penny nail in the dictionary

  1. four-on-the-floors
  2. four-peat
  3. four-peated
  4. four-peating
  5. four-peats
  6. four-penny nail
  7. four-penny nails
  8. four-point
  9. four-point Calvinist
  10. four-point Calvinists
  11. four-pointed

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