shingle-nail

Grasping these rushes firmly near the root, he pulled up what resembled a young onion-sprout no larger than a shingle-nail.

LOVE OF LIFE 2010

Grasping these rushes firmly near the root, he pulled up what resembled a young onion-sprout no larger than a shingle-nail.

LOVE OF LIFE 2010

As we was passing through the setting-room the old man he took up his hat, and the shingle-nail fell out on the floor, and he just merely picked it up and laid it on the mantel-shelf, and never said nothing, and went out.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

Grasping these rushes firmly near the root, he pulled up what resembled a young onion-sprout no larger than a shingle-nail.

Love of Life 1907

Grasping these rushes firmly near the root, he pulled up what resembled a young onion-sprout no larger than a shingle-nail.

Love of Life 1905

As we was passing through the setting-room the old man he took up his hat, and the shingle-nail fell out on the floor, and he just merely picked it up and laid it on the mantel-shelf, and never said nothing, and went out.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884

AN OLD MORAINE quarter long and two thousand feet thick, -- he could completely hide the city of New York under it, and Trinity steeple would only stick up into it relatively as far as a shingle-nail would stick up into the bottom of a Saratoga trunk.

A Tramp Abroad 1879

Only he began to slip when he was coming down the roof, and he'd have slipped clear off if he hadn't caught his trousers on a shingle-nail, and stuck.

Christmas Every Day and Other Stories William Dean Howells 1878

Some use a common shingle-nail for this purpose, while others prefer a personal friend.

Remarks Bill Nye 1873

As we was passing through the setting-room the old man he took up his hat, and the shingle-nail fell out on the floor, and he just merely picked it up and laid it on the mantel-shelf, and never said nothing, and went out.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872