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View synonyms for nail file

nail file

noun

  1. a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nail file1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The nail file and nail scissors must be used as often as possible.

I had my nail file out and was touching up a cuticle, holding it out for inspection before I said anything.

He flung himself down in a chair before his dressing-table and picked up a nail-file.

It was a dagger consisting of a sharpened nail file, about three inches long, driven into a roughly rounded piece of wood.

I havent seen it since she borrowed it, and Ive ruined my nail-file trying to open the box of cake mother sent.

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