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hob·nail
(hŏb′nāl′)n.
A short nail with a thick head used to protect the soles of shoes or boots.
adj.
Having or decorated with a raised pattern of bumps resembling such nails.
hob′nailed′ adj.
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hobnail
(ˈhɒbˌneɪl)n
(Clothing & Fashion)
a.a short nail with a large head for protecting the soles of heavy footwear
b.(as modifier):hobnail boots.
[C16: from hob1 (in the archaic sense: peg) + nail]
ˈhobˌnailedadj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
hob•nail
(ˈhɒbˌneɪl)n.
a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.
hob′nailed`,adj.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() nail - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
Verb | 1. | hobnail - supply with hobnails |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hobnail
n →Schuhnagelm, →Schuhzweckef
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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"That is all very true," said the Republican Form of Government, putting on itshobnail shoes; "but consider how I thrill you every Fourth of July."
Hobnail, the reformer; and Reverend Jul Bat, who has converted the whole torrid zone in his Sunday school; and Signor Torre del Greco, who extinguished Vesuvius by pouring into it the Bay of Naples; Spahi, the Persian ambassador; and Tul Wil Shan, the exiled nabob of Nepaul, whose saddle is the new moon.--But these are monsters of one day, and to-morrow will be dismissed to their holes and dens; for in these rooms every chair is waited for.
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Here, too, are the marks of hishobnails. When you entered--all four of you--did you look under the bed?"
But the Bete du bon Dieu does not wearhobnailed boots, nor fire revolvers, nor has she a hand like that!" exclaimed Daddy Jacques, again pointing out to us the red mark on the wall.
The floor was seemingly inches deep, except where there were recent footsteps, in which on holding down my lamp I could see marks ofhobnails where the dust was cracked.
Operatives were sometimes accused of "looking a proper nana" in their largehobnail boots.
PS20, Oliver Bonas CLARTES BOHEMIA AZUREHOBNAIL JUG: This attention-grabbing azurecolouredhobnail jug is currently on sale.
Nail first gained attention singing in Newcastle blues band, the King Crabs, in which he wore a dress andhobnail boots on stage.
When people say the phrase "working class" the image that comes to mind is one ofhobnail boots and flat caps, but since the 1950s the working classes have been really multicultural.
Kichler, for example, used thehobnail pattern technique from the 1940s for its Karmarie collection, while the Steel line featured industrial fire glass, which has a wire frame running through it.
The 2018 crop of corporate upstarts have been a motley bunch and, although lacking a true boo-hiss villain a la Katie Hopkins, they've been begging for a kick in the pants with a pair ofhobnail size nines for several weeks now.
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