nail file
a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.
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How to use nail file in a sentence
The nail file and nail scissors must be used as often as possible.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainI had my nail file out and was touching up a cuticle, holding it out for inspection before I said anything.
The Misplaced Battleship | Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)He flung himself down in a chair before his dressing-table and picked up a nail-file.
The Black Moth | Georgette HeyerIt was a dagger consisting of a sharpened nail file, about three inches long, driven into a roughly rounded piece of wood.
No Clue | James HayI havent seen it since she borrowed it, and Ive ruined my nail-file trying to open the box of cake mother sent.
The Girl from the Big Horn Country | Mary Ellen Chase
British Dictionary definitions for nailfile
/ (ˈneɪlˌfaɪl) /
a small file, chiefly either of metal or of board coated with emery, used to trim the nails
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