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tenpenny nail

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ten·pen·ny nail (t

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A nail 3.0 inches (7.6 centimeters) long.

[From its original price per hundred.]

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tenpenny nail - a nail 3 inches long

nail - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

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``There is none,'' replied the hermit, ``from the scissors of Delilah, and the tenpenny nail of Jael, to the scimitar of Goliath, at which I am not a match for thee---But, if I am to make the election, what sayst thou, good friend, to these trinkets?

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

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