Meaning of handnail | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of fingernail.

uncommon

Examples

“On opening the lead⟳, the fleſh, hair, and toe and hand nails, were as perfect and ſound as though he had not been dead ſix hours.”

“He looked very young, almost a boy, and had a habit of biting off handnails.”

“Localisation: Handnails, rarely footnails (infection not very common in India).”

“We compared our hands: even the corns and handnails were the same.”

“Deformed, dirtily stained and made extremely fragile, toenails as well as handnails of Kanemi Rice Oil Disease patients come⟳ off suddenly, to be replaced by new ones which face⟳ the same fate.”

“It was also found that making artificial nails, which comprises making a model⟳ of handnails of each person, making a plastic cover⟳ for the nails[…]”

“Vee luff Mickey and his beeg juicy eyes, (zombie eyes) and Minny with her sharp handnails.”

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