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nail house

nail house noun: a private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of small monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government.

Noun

nail house (plural nail houses)

  1. A private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of small monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government.

Forms of nail house

pluralnail houses

Origin of nail house

Calque from Chinese 釘子戶／钉子户 (dīngzihù).

Questions about nail house

What does nail house mean?
Nail house means a private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of small monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government.
What part of speech is nail house?
Nail house is a noun.
What is the plural of nail house?
The plural of nail house is nail houses.

Words near nail house in the dictionary

  1. nail files
  2. nail fungus
  3. nail gun
  4. nail guns
  5. nail header
  6. nail house
  7. nail houses
  8. nail in one's coffin
  9. nail it
  10. nail Jell-O to a tree
  11. nail Jell-O to a wall

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