work like a nailer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Boyce was working away like a nailer at His Grace's colt, an exertion he might have spared himself , but that it is necessary to do something for one's money"
- "You might as well understand in the beginning that he'll have to work like a nailer for a good many years before he gets anywhere in the diplomatic service"
- "Lee had to work like a nailer to get the awkward craft turned about, and then by great labor at the crank "for the space of five glasses by the ships' bells, or two and a half hours," at last he arrived under the stern of what he felt certain was the Eagle."