Nail

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname transferred from the nickname.

proper noun

1
A surname transferred from the nickname.

Etymology

From nail, hence a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of nails, or a nickname for a tall and slender person.

Forms

plural: Nails

nah · No.nai · barber.nail · The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of…

Nail · A surname transferred from the nickname.

nailed · Having nails (of a specified kind).nails · The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in…Nails · A surname.

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