Meanings
plural ring finger nails
- alternativeAlternative form of ring fingernail.
Some trim both ring finger nails, one with initials and the other with a flower.
1940 July 1, Kay Dangerfield, “Palette: Vignettes of the Valley”, in Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, The Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., →OCLC, page 16, columns 1–22 more examples
But while four of her fingers are bare of color, her ring finger nails are painted purple.
2015 September 1, Nicole Leonard, “Here, there and everywhere: Miss America Kira Kazantsev reflects on ‘exhausting,’ ‘amazing’ year”, in The Press of Atlantic City, volume MMXV, number 244, Atlantic City, N.J., →OCLC, page C3, column 1Once hardened, she used a make-up sponge to create a galaxy design with purple and pink nail polish (she used the same technique on her ring finger nails), a dotting tool to paint the spinner's holes silver and blacklight top coat for a glow-in-the-dark effect.
2017 May 25, Sarah Ferguson, “It actually moves! An intrepid beauty vlogger created a FIDGET SPINNER manicure complete with the 'world's smallest' version of the popular toy”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2017
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