Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large-headed nail.
- idiom (dead as a doornail) Undoubtedly dead.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large nail or stud fixed in a door to receive the blow of a knocker of simple form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, “As dead as a
doornail .”
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
nail with a widehead , traditionally used in theconstruction andornamentation of wooden doors.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors
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Examples
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Snow (UID#1832) on August 24th, 2009 at 5: 05 pm you clearly dont have the IQ of a doornail. a doornail is far smarter than you and it has a purpose.
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One sure sign that the Senate health care bill is dead as a doornail is the inevitable appearance of the anonymously-sourced, finger-pointing articles.
Firedoglake Jane Hamsher 2010
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One sure sign that the Senate health care bill is dead as a doornail is the inevitable appearance of the anonymously-sourced, finger-pointing articles.
The Washington Note 2010
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One sure sign that the Senate health care bill is dead as a doornail is the inevitable appearance of the anonymously-sourced, finger-pointing articles.
The Washington Note 2010
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One sure sign that the Senate health care bill is dead as a doornail is the inevitable appearance of the anonymously-sourced, finger-pointing articles.
Firedoglake 2010
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One sure sign that the Senate health care bill is dead as a doornail is the inevitable appearance of the anonymously-sourced, finger-pointing articles.
Firedoglake Jane Hamsher 2010
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One sure sign that the Senate health care bill is dead as a doornail is the inevitable appearance of the anonymously-sourced, finger-pointing articles.
Firedoglake 2010
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Alan SparrowElmswell, Suffolk• Green shoots of economic recovery, deader than a doornail, Catford, 24 April.
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June 26th, 2009 3: 52 pm ET move on dot org ... you are something else altogether again, mind bogglingly misinformed, delusional and dip-wodd dumber than a doornail. dumb thugs.
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Anti-lib.theol. talking points are dead as a doornail 20 years after the cold war.
Sad news: Liberation Theology is not dead « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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