twelvepenny nail

[ twelv-pen-ee ]

/ ˈtwɛlvˌpɛn i /

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noun

a nail that is 3 1/4 inches (8.25 centimeters) long.

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But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
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The CID speculated that the woman was confirming who lived there before planting a homemade nail bomb.
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Along the way, he accidentally embeds a nail in his foot, which is not symbolic at all.
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The phrase means, “the nail that sticks out always gets hit by a hammer.”
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Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.
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"Well, as far as public opinion goes, I s'pose Tom has hit the nail on the head," observed Bill.
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He pulled his heavy sweater down off a nail and put it on, scowling because the sleeves had to be pulled in place on his arms.
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He disliked the look of Cash's rough coat and sweater and cap, that hung on a nail over Cash's bunk.
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You,” said I. “You drive a nail as if it were an abstruse problem in differential calculus.
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