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noun

Hobnail n.

A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

A clownish person; a rustic.

Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.

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Etymology of 'Hobnail'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hobnail" Quotes from Famous Books

... miles away. Tomkins and others were there. People who live in remote country places always seem pleased to see a fellow creature, but Robinson and his wife are unusually hospitable and good-natured. After I had had some tea, and thought of leaving, a hobnail was discovered in the tyre of Tomkin's bicycle. He, being very athletic, was playing croquet, a game which requires vast muscular strength. However, he said that his tyres were something quite new, and that ...

— Mr. Punch Awheel - The Humours of Motoring and Cycling • J. A. Hammerton

Words linked to "Hobnail" : nail, furnish, render