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little nails

little nails is the plural of little nail.

Meaning of little nail

Noun

little nail (plural little nails)

  1. Synonym of little fingernail.
    • wfc 25 Scraping from right little nail1978, S. H. Burges, “Sexual offences”, in S. H. Burges, J. E. Hilton, editors, The New Police Surgeon: A Practical Guide to Clinical Forensic Medicine, London: Hutchinson Benham, →ISBN, page 278
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, nail.
    • It’s not the end of civilization, either. It’s just another little nail in the coffin of democracy around the world.2008 May 7, Thomas L[oren] Friedman, “The Democratic Recession”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2013

Questions about little nails

What is little nails the plural of?
Little nails is the plural of little nail.

Words near little nails in the dictionary

  1. little monsters
  2. Little Munden
  3. Little Murray
  4. Little Musgrave
  5. little nail
  6. little nails
  7. little name
  8. little names
  9. Little Neck
  10. Little Ness
  11. Little Oakley

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