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hobnail

[ UK /hˈɒbne‍ɪl/ ]
[ US /ˈhɑbˌneɪɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. supply with hobnails
NOUN
  1. a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots

How To Use hobnail In A Sentence

  • A block away we hear the rumble of hobnails on cobblestone.
  • Would a real rustical history of hobnails and eighteenpence a day be endurable? The Virginians
  • His diagnosis would be something like hobnail liver, clogged arteries, and general cussedness. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
  • When Douglas Hadow's boots were examined, it was found that the hobnails on their soles were worn almost smooth.
  • The streets were so very quiet that the steady tread of my hobnailed boots muffled by the ground frost sounded unnatural.
  • A hundred years of hobnail boots grinding human faces into hamburger. VITALS
  • Roman debris was left scattered over the surface of the road, including a Roman boot - just the hobnails survive - a quernstone and broken pottery.
  • He jumped over the fire, flames licking at the soles and bottoms of his hobnailed boots.
  • When I say that, I mean, "You win on some election nights, and on other election nights, people take your feelings and jump on them in hobnailed boots. Obama's post-election speech, the draft version
  • * PB taiks a inglish brekfuss tee no mlik wib hobnail bikky * I flossez - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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