nail file

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noun
  1. 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.

Origin of nail file

1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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How to use nail file in a sentence

  • He was completely unnerved, and with the utmost efforts of his will he was unable to control the nailfile.

  • Uwantit (Combined pocket twoblade penknife with corkscrew, nailfile and pipecleaner).

    Ulysses | James Joyce
  • "I've got nothing at all," he said—and picked up the nailfile and looked at it questioningly.

British Dictionary definitions for nailfile

nailfile

/ (ˈneɪlˌfaɪl) /


noun
  1. a small file, chiefly either of metal or of board coated with emery, used to trim the nails

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