toenail
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toenail (plural toenails)
- The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe.
- Synonym: (uncommon) footnail
- toenail clippings
- (slang, derogatory) An unattractive person.
- 2013 January 2, Jessica Crisler, Twitter:
- "I'm a toenail and you're labial flaps... We got together like two peas in a pod."
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the plate covering the end of a toe
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toenail (third-person singular simple present toenails, present participle toenailing, simple past and past participle toenailed)
- (transitive) To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle.
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