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nail keg

nail keg is the alternative spelling of nailkeg.

Meaning of nailkeg

Noun

nailkeg (plural nailkegs)

  1. A keg designed to store nails.
  2. (World-War-I, slang) A shrapnel shell.

Forms of nail keg

pluralnail kegs

Questions about nail keg

What is nail keg the alternative spelling of?
Nail keg is the alternative spelling of nailkeg.

Words near nail keg in the dictionary

  1. nail in one's coffin
  2. nail it
  3. nail Jell-O to a tree
  4. nail Jell-O to a wall
  5. nail jelly to a wall
  6. nail keg
  7. nail kegs
  8. nail knot
  9. nail knots
  10. nail lacquer
  11. nail lacquers

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