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nail file

NOUN
file for fingernails
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Using these tools and a nail file that Starr had slipped in her pocket when she used the restroom, they cut the zip ties and came up with a plan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

"And you can sit there with a nail file and try to pry the chiton off; you will lose."

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2024

Tom moved back in with his parents for five years while he developed the curvy nail file that made him famous.

From BBC May 6, 2021

These clippers also handily passed our plastic key card test and have an onboard nail file.

From Slate Sep. 24, 2018

She examined in turn the powder in her compact, the ridges on her nail file, the way her comb was inflexible and the threads of her handkerchief.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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