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.
Origin of nail file
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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.
Astounding Stories, July, 1931 | VariousUwantit (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.
Astounding Stories, July, 1931 | Various
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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