nailshop

noun

nailshop

noun

Etymology From nail + shop.

1

A workshop where nails are manufactured.

  • I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […]1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes, page 66:

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