Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An invention for nailing down floor-planks rapidly and without the necessity of kneeling upon the floor. A piston working in a tube serves as a hammer to drive the nail.
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Examples
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Then come much scarier monsters: noxious sirens, nail-gun percussion and chainsaw synthesizers intent on cutting your eardrums out of your skull.
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Perhaps, "I say, thinking of the bit in American Psycho where the serial killer Patrick Bateman pins his ex-girlfriend to the floor with a nail-gun," or it might be blood. ""
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Then come much scarier monsters: noxious sirens, nail-gun percussion and chainsaw synthesizers intent on cutting your eardrums out of your skull.
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Some else must agree, as I heard a pneumatic nail-gun popping away inside -- not steady, sounded like nailing braces in place rather than serious repair work.
Not raining jhetley 2009
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If she thinks Cassandra's Conflict rates as 'extreme sadism' - and she ever comes across one of the nail-gun or starvation aficionados - she's going to need round-the-clock counselling for the rest of her life.
Breast In Peace juliette 2009
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If she thinks Cassandra's Conflict rates as 'extreme sadism' - and she ever comes across one of the nail-gun or starvation aficionados - she's going to need round-the-clock counselling for the rest of her life.
Archive 2009-07-01 juliette 2009
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Emergency departments treated three times as many consumers with nail-gun injuries in 2005 as they did in 1991, the report noted.
You People Can't Be Trusted With Nailguns - The Consumerist 2007
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"During the 5-year period 2001-2005, an average of approximately 37,000 patients with injuries related to nail-gun use were treated annually in emergency departments, with 40 percent of injuries occurring among consumers," the report read.
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From CNN: "During the 5-year period 2001-2005, an average of approximately 37,000 patients with injuries related to nail-gun use were treated annually in emergency departments, with 40 percent of injuries occurring among consumers," the report read.
You People Can't Be Trusted With Nailguns - The Consumerist 2007
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Getting loaded with Jem, pulling the nail-gun job.
The Town Chuck Hogan 2004
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