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door⋅nail

  [dawr-neyl, dohr-]
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–noun
1. a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
—Idiom
2. dead as a doornail, stone-dead: After midnight, the town is dead as a doornail.
Origin:
1300–50; ME dornail. See door, nail
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door·nail   (dôr'nāl', dōr'-)   
n.  A large-headed nail.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

doornail

see dead as a doornail.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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