Nailshop

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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