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toenail
/ ˈəʊˌԱɪ /
noun
a thin horny translucent plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the end joint of each toe
carpentry a nail driven obliquely, as in joining one beam at right angles to another
slangprinting a parenthesis
verb
(tr) carpentry to join (beams) by driving nails obliquely
Example Sentences
Ms Han said she spent all day pounding the streets looking for her daughter "till all 10 of my toenails fell out".
Along the way toenails have fallen off, his feet began rotting and he sometimes hallucinated due to broken sleep caused by pain in his bones.
First, there’s Pavements 1933-2002, an international exhibition that features artwork, Malkmus’ old notebooks and other ephemera, like a clipped toenail from original drummer Gary Young.
Rather than use a shared clipper, Bernoudy said, he would “wait until the shower, and I’d just peel my own toenails off.”
"My feet had begun to feel like lead. My toenails were cracked, and the palms of my hands were peeled off and had thorns in them. Still, we were lucky we didn't encounter any robbers."
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