Nailshop
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A workshop where nails are manufactured.
"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, […]"
Example
More examples"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, […]"
Etymology
From nail + shop.
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