A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected.
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Examples for "hangnail"
Examples for "hangnail"
1Grub was still examining his hangnail when Holly emerged from the van.
2But a hangnail of the unknowable remains, and stays long in the memory.
3I'm not sure. I picked at a hangnail on my thumb.
4Dougal knitted his brows, concentrating fiercely on a recalcitrant hangnail.
5Maybe it's all equal: hangnail for one, cancer for another.