nailshop

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nail +‎ shop

Noun[edit]

nailshop (plural nailshops)

  1. A workshop where nails are manufactured.
    • 1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes, page 66:
      I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […]
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