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hobnails

hobnails is the plural of hobnail.

Meaning of hobnail

Noun

hobnail (plural hobnails)

  1. A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.
  2. (obsolete) A yokel; a rustic.
    • Next, the word Politician is not us'd to his maw, and therupon he plays the most notorious hobbihors, jesting and frisking in the luxury of his non-sense with such poor fetches to cog a laughter from us, that no antic hobnaile at a Morris, but is more hansomly facetious.1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Answer against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. […], [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC

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Questions about hobnails

What is hobnails the plural of?
Hobnails is the plural of hobnail.

Words near hobnails in the dictionary

  1. hobnail livers
  2. hobnailed
  3. hobnailer
  4. hobnailers
  5. hobnailing
  6. hobnails
  7. hobnob
  8. hobnobbed
  9. hobnobber
  10. hobnobbers
  11. hobnobbery

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