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nailshop

nailshop noun: a workshop where nails are manufactured.

Noun

nailshop (plural nailshops)

  1. A workshop where nails are manufactured.
    • I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […]1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes, page 66

Forms of nailshop

pluralnailshops

Origin of nailshop

From nail + shop.

Questions about nailshop

What does nailshop mean?
Nailshop means a workshop where nails are manufactured.
What part of speech is nailshop?
Nailshop is a noun.
What is the plural of nailshop?
The plural of nailshop is nailshops.

Words near nailshop in the dictionary

  1. Nailsea
  2. Nailses
  3. nailset
  4. nailsets
  5. nailsful
  6. nailshop
  7. nailshops
  8. nailsick
  9. nailsmith
  10. nailsmiths
  11. Nailsworth

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