nailfile

British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

Into each toe goes a toothbrush, a nailfile, a gaily wrapped bar of soap�vestiges of a custom that Mrs. Roosevelt began, as a sugar-coated reminder of cleanliness, when her six-footer sons were little tads.

From Time Magazine Archive

Five hairpins, an olive, two dominoes, and a sock...A nailfile, four buttons of various sizes, a telephone slug, seven marbles, and a tiny doll’s chair...

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

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

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

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

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various