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toenail
verb
To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle.
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To this day, the Sultan of Yogyakarta, although a devout Muslim, offers hair and toenail clippings to the spirit of a nearby volcano.
People have begun to wonder whether exposed toenail polish and "bad hejab" (a scarf loosely fastened to reveal bits of a woman's hair) will be the most concrete achievements to materialise from the dream of political pluralism and religious flexibility.The president announced on July 27th that he would be running for re-election next May.
ON NOVEMBER 11th two men were found guilty at the Old Bailey of killing a 17-month-old boy known to the public only as Baby P. The toddler had a broken back, eight fractured ribs, a missing fingernail and toenail, multiple bruises and an ear almost torn off.
But tuna tostada – fried tortilla decorated with raw tuna, shredded lettuce, avocado and tendrils of fried onion – seemed to have been put together purely for visual effect, the tostada itself as chewy as an old toenail.
Mike: I would have matched my eyeshadow, lipstick and toenail polish to my big green ring.
It seems to have been caused by a sore big toenail, which meant he was transferring his weight.
Jelena Jankovic overcame blisters and a broken toenail to reach the second round.
She is hired as a nanny by a socialite who visits Franff for "toenail resizing".
Most of the women are reined in by bikinis the size of a toenail: they cover nothing.
So if you went in to have a toenail trimmed they would bill for something more serious".
In the pilot for the series, which was broadcast in 2000, Gil Grissom, the star criminalist, who is played by William Petersen, solved a murder by comparing toenail clippings.
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