nails

IPA: nˈeɪɫz

The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.
A surname.

(UK, slang) Short for hard as nails. [(simile, idiomatic) Very unsympathetic; callous]

Examples of "nails" in Sentences

I need a hammer, a rivet and nails.
The nails from the cross had been scraped for flakes.
I had to give up coffin nails years ago, went cold turkey and won.
The nails on the fingers and toes of the body will readily disconnect.
The liver opens to the eyes and manifests in the finger and toe nails.
Over on the Skaguay Trail horseshoe nails is just as good as a quarter any day.
Having an airbrushed bride and groom on your nails is another option or perhaps lace details.
I saw that one or two of you were looking to give up the coffin nails and wondering whether that was on topic.
Any one else knows of course that it is “‘s nails” — the contraction of the old oath or interjection — _God’s nails_.
The title nails the hype exactly, it's just another form of invideo and does nothing towards making the ads itself better, such as creating relevancy.
Now the way they walk around with the "fat pants" and the tee shirts and the shaved heads, with the long, manicured nails, is just not my idea of a sweet old woman.
Under the nails is one of the dirtiest parts of the entire body and once you take those nails and rub your eyes or scratch an itch, you are infecting yourself with any bacteria that grabbed onto the inside of those nails.