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ten penny nail

ten penny nail is the alternative form of tenpenny nail.

Meaning of tenpenny nail

Noun

tenpenny nail (plural tenpenny nails)

  1. (dated) A relatively large nail, three inches (7.62 centimeters) in length.
    • The face, horribly seared by the frequent application of the red-hot poker, and further ornamented by the insertion, in the tip of the nose, of a tenpenny nail, yet smiled blandly in its less lacerated parts.1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 67, in The Old Curiosity Shop

Forms of ten penny nail

pluralten penny nails

Questions about ten penny nail

What is ten penny nail the alternative form of?
Ten penny nail is the alternative form of tenpenny nail.

Words near ten penny nail in the dictionary

  1. Ten Lost Tribes
  2. Ten Mile Bank
  3. Ten Mile Hollow
  4. ten million
  5. ten o'clock
  6. ten penny nail
  7. ten penny nails
  8. Ten Perfections
  9. ten piece
  10. ten points for Gryffindor
  11. ten points from Gryffindor

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