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HOBNAILED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hobnailed mean?
• HOBNAILED (adjective)
The adjective HOBNAILED has 1 sense:
1. marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails
Familiarity information: HOBNAILED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails
Context example:
hobnailed laborers
Similar:
rural (living in or characteristic of farming or country life)
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"No money, no Swiss." (Dutch proverb)