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little toenails

little toenails is the plural 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

Questions about little toenails

What is little toenails the plural of?
Little toenails is the plural of little toenail.

Words near little toenails in the dictionary

  1. little toe nail
  2. little toe nails
  3. little toe-nail
  4. little toe-nails
  5. little toenail
  6. little toenails
  7. little toes
  8. Little Tokyo
  9. Little Tokyos
  10. Little Topar
  11. Little Traverse

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