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| hang·nail [ háng nàyl ] (plural hang·nails) |
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peeling skin on finger: a small piece of skin partly detached from the side or base of a fingernail
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| [Late 17th century. By folk etymology <agnail "corn on the foot" < Old English angnægl< ang- (< Germanic, "tight") + nail] |
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