large toenail

plural large toenails · alternative large toe nail · alternative large toe-nail

1. Synonym of big toenail.

   She had surgery in December to remove her large toenails to help with repeated ingrown nails and then developed an infection.

   2024 January 22, Kelly Byer, “Doctor leaves Canton office without notice […]”, in Akron Beacon Journal, volume 185, number 244, Akron, Oh., →OCLC, page 7A, column 1

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   Sir Robert Alexander, 35, St. James’s-place, has had two large toenails and a corn extracted from his feet by Mr. Rendall, and can strongly recommend him.

   1859 April 15, “Corns, Bunions, and Defective Toenails Extracted and Cured […]”, in The Morning Chronicle, 2nd edition, number 28,786, London: […] Josiah Lilly, […], →OCLC, page 1, column 1

   He displayed a forefinger nail which had been slit the entire length, leaving a scar, and said that one of his large toenails had undergone similar treatment.

   1925 January 4, “[Arnold Henry Savage] Landor Lived to Tell of Tortures in Tibet […]”, in The New York Times (section 8), volume LXXIV, number 24,452, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2025, page 8, column 3

   Synonyms: big toenail

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see large, toenail.

   Did you know that octopuses have three hearts? That a zebra’s hoof is just a large toenail?

   2018 December 6, “This creature-filled anthology is a great Christmas present for kids”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2020