ring fingernail

noun

The nail of the ring finger.

Meanings

nounring fingernail (plural ring fingernails)

plural ring fingernails · alternative ring finger nail · alternative ring-finger nail · alternative ring-fingernail

  1. The nail of the ring finger.

    Josephine Mysowski, of Wapwallopen RD 2, was treated in Berwick Hospital dispensary this morning for a splinter under the right ring fingernail.

    1950 September 27, “Lady Ester Employee Suffers Finger Injury”, in Berwick Enterprise, volume XLVIII, number 147, Berwick, Pa., →OCLC, page 7, column 6
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    Another person thought the woman potentially left her ring fingernail long without getting it filled in because the other nails appear more normal.

    2019 June 12, Danielle Zoellner, “'It looks like the nail is running away!' Bride-to-be proudly shares a photo of her huge engagement ring online - but all commenters can focus on is the AWFUL state of her fake nails”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2019

    When [Chie] Arimura arrived in Waterloo, Ontario, on July 8 for the Manulife Financial Classic, her fingernails were pink. She repainted them that night, bright red for the tournament, though her ring fingernails were left gold.

    2013 August 9, Mary Kenney, “Lonely in the L.P.G.A.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2013

Origin

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