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fingernail

[fing-ger-neyl] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌneɪl /


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The skinny look to the scoreboard - a 27-23 victory - matched with frayed nerves and chewed fingernails.

From BBC

“The fingernails appeared pristine to me,” notes Watson.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Have I got dirt under my fingernails? Well, I'm trying to turn my brown thumbs green," she laughs.

From BBC

Hewlett had detected metal buried inside some gravel—digging it up, he found a chunk of gold about half the size of his pinkie fingernail.

From The Wall Street Journal

Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

From The Wall Street Journal