nailshop
English
Etymology
nail + shop
Noun
nailshop (plural nailshops)
- A workshop where nails are manufactured.
- 1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes (page 66)
- I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […]
- 1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes (page 66)