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hobnailed [hob-neyld] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- furnished with hobnails.
- rustic or loutish.
Origin of hobnailed First recorded in 1590–1600; hobnail + -ed3 Examples from the Web for hobnailed Historical Examples of hobnailed
The shadow of his hobnailed boots was enormous and coffin-like.
Joseph Conrad
The shadow of his hobnailed boots was enormous and coffinlike.
Joseph Conrad
I would have let them jump on my chest with their hobnailed boots first!
Andre Castaigne
Do you suppose WE care for the opinion of that hobnailed lout of a Paris?
William Makepeace Thackeray
In the silence a noise of hobnailed haste rose on the still air.
Edmund Clerihew Bentley