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nailer

[ ney-ler ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nailer1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; nail, -er 1
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Example Sentences

Some air tools, like nailers and staplers, operate with a burst of pressurized air.

He was a nailer, a cane maker, and a worker in wood and metal.

A fire without heat, a nailer of a fair complexion, or one who despises the tankard, are equally rare among them.

Pet was as busy as a nailer until dinner was announced, packing up such things as she wished to take with her to school.

There was no clicking of hammers, nor blowing of bellows, to indicate that the nailer family were still its occupants.

Perhaps it had been vacated by the poor man and his family, and some other nailer had taken his place.

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