Nailful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to be stored under or on one's fingernail.

    "Sovey rushed inside and dashed a couple of nailsful of water into the burning ventilator, but to no purpose."

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fingernailfulfingernailful

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"Sovey rushed inside and dashed a couple of nailsful of water into the burning ventilator, but to no purpose."

Etymology

From nail + -ful.

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