nailshop

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noun

A workshop where nails are manufactured.

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Meanings

nounnailshop (plural nailshops)

plural nailshops

  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

Origin

From nail + shop.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

nailshop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailshop

MLA

“nailshop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailshop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nailshop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailshop.

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