forefingernail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"Insert the right thumb and forefinger down into the center compartment of the twisted section and with the forefingernail uppermost grasp the center of the original bight (see arrow in the second diagram)."
"He wiped at the film of dirt settling on his cheeks, digging it out of the serrations in his hide with a horny forefingernail."
"Don Lane, his ordinarily olive face a dusky rose, was smiling as he speared an onion in his Gibson with his right forefingernail."

forefingernails (plural) forefinger nail (alternative)

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