little-finger nail

plural little-finger nails

1. alternativeAlternative form of little fingernail.

   The smallest I’ve worked with are finch eggs, which are not even the size of my little-finger nail.

   2018 March 18, John Berger, quoting Eileen Tokita, “Aloha: On the Scene with John Berger”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 137th year, number 46, Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D2, column 1

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   Mr. M. Y. betted Mr. G[.] R. dinner and wine for a dozen friends, that the latter did not succeed in getting one of his finger-nails to grow an inch and a half from the end of the finger. Since that time Mr. G. R. having taken particular care of his little-finger nail, it has arrived to an inch and three-eighths in length!

   1831 December 22, “An Irish Wager”, in The Bath Chronicle, volume 74, number 3625, Bath, Somerset: Printed for H. E. Carrington, […], →OCLC, page [3], column 1

   They are small, light-brown moths with a somewhat slower flight pattern than other moths and are about the size of your little-finger nail.

   2000 June 5, Phil Mulkins, “Dousing pantry with bug spray not best idea”, in Tulsa World, final home edition, Tulsa, Okla.: World Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A 2, column 2