nailbrush

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English

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Etymology

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From nail +‎ brush.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nailbrush (plural nailbrushes)

  1. A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
    • 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303:
      Rupert Sheffield, scrubbing John's blood from his hands with a nailbrush and hospital soap, swore that this was the last time [...] that he would have to do this.

Translations

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Verb

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nailbrush (third-person singular simple present nailbrushes, present participle nailbrushing, simple past and past participle nailbrushed)

  1. (transitive) To scrub with a nailbrush.