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little toe nail

little toe nail is the alternative form of little toenail.

Meaning of little toenail

Noun

little toenail (plural little toenails)

  1. The nail of the little toe.
    • E. W. Hays, Box 636, hit a chair with his foot, knocking his right little toenail loose.1966 June 15, “6 Emergencies Get Treatment”, in Corsicana Daily Sun, volume 70, number 290, Corsicana, Tex., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 4
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, toenail.
    • With his eyes closed, Al could hear her drop the pinecone rhythmically on the tile, chock chock chock chock, the bass, her little toenails clicking a tune around it. Didn’t he deserve a really big horse?2000 April 6, Jane Smiley, “Jack Russell”, in Horse Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 13

Forms of little toe nail

plurallittle toe nails

Questions about little toe nail

What is little toe nail the alternative form of?
Little toe nail is the alternative form of little toenail.

Words near little toe nail in the dictionary

  1. little Timmys
  2. little tinamou
  3. little tinamous
  4. Little Tobago
  5. little toe
  6. little toe nail
  7. little toe nails
  8. little toe-nail
  9. little toe-nails
  10. little toenail
  11. little toenails

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