nailkeg
English
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Noun
editnailkeg (plural nailkegs)
- A keg designed to store nails.
- (World War I military slang) A shrapnel shell.
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edit- Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 81