little fingernail
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The nail of the little finger.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, fingernail.
Example Sentences
- "It took him more than a thousand tries to properly fit together the pieces—many tinier than your little fingernail—of the sky-colored jug."
- "Every year, thousands of citizens get a criminal record for possessing dope. I was fined £5 back in 1968 for being caught with a piece of hash the size of my little fingernail."
- "“For the vast majority of people, maybe a blister the size of your little fingernail is the worst thing that can happen to you,” a physicist, David Willey, said in a phone interview on Thursday."
- "And I remember the way the whole movie plays through the eyes of the children. I just remember seeing their dirty little fingernails and their dirty faces and the way they're running around, playing in the courthouse."