finishing nail

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a slender nail with a small globular head, used for finish work, being driven to slightly beneath the surface and covered with putty or the like.

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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead|Dean Obeidallah|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Le Femme Finishing School helps transwomen find their inner beauty, no matter their age.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And much of the credit to her transformation is owed to a finishing school that caters to women just like her.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The CID speculated that the woman was confirming who lived there before planting a homemade nail bomb.
Abu Dhabi Treats U.S. Teacher’s Murder as Terrorist Attack|Chris Allbritton|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

MOSCOW—Every now and then I run into Anna Chapman at a nail salon called “Little Fingers” on Potapovsky Avenue in downtown Moscow.
Ex-Spy Anna Chapman, From Russia Unloved|Anna Nemtsova|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After finishing her dinner she went to her room, having instructed the boy to tell any other callers that she was indisposed.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
We re-visited Paris, but spent most of our three weeks in a tour through Belgium, finishing up at Brussels.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The next morning Chapman brought around the car as early as half past eight, when the girls were just finishing breakfast.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
These finishing-off rows look pretty done in pale pink or blue wool.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley