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handnails

handnails is the plural of handnail.

Meaning of handnail

Noun

handnail (plural handnails)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of fingernail.
    • On opening the lead, the fleſh, hair, and toe and hand nails, were as perfect and ſound as though he had not been dead ſix hours.1772 February, Sylvanus Urban [pen name; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XLII, London: […] D. Henry, page 92
    Synonyms:
    fingernail

Questions about handnails

What is handnails the plural of?
Handnails is the plural of handnail.

Words near handnails in the dictionary

  1. handmill
  2. handmills
  3. handmirror
  4. handmirrors
  5. handnail
  6. handnails
  7. handoff
  8. handoffs
  9. Handong
  10. handout
  11. handouts

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