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box nail

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noun

  1. a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.

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Sometimes friendly hands cut the name and the company of the deceased upon the flap of a cartridge box, nail it to a piece of board and place at, the head, but this was soon knocked down, and at the end of a short time all traces of the dead are obliterated.

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