Meaning of tenpenny nail | Babel Free

Definitions

A relatively large nail, three inches (7.62 centimeters) in length.

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Examples

“The face, horribly seared by the frequent application of the red-hot poker, and further ornamented by the insertion, in the tip of the nose, of a tenpenny nail, yet smiled blandly in its less lacerated parts.”

“"Al, I could bite a tenpenny nail in half and digest both pieces, too."”

“He could still climb a scaffold like a monkey, still drive a ten-penny nail with one measured, massive, dead-on blow.”

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