big toe nail

See also: big toe-nail, big-toe nail, and big toenail

English

Noun

big toe nail (plural big toe nails)

  1. Alternative form of big toenail.
    • 2015 June 25, Hilary Rose, “The rules for surviving an English summer”, in The Times‎[1], London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 September 2025:
      The one who thinks that because we can only see a bit of your big toe nail it doesn’t matter that it’s chipped. It does matter.
    • 1994 August 14, Tim Kelsey, “Brothers 'beaten and humiliated': One of the young men who is suing a local authority, alleging physical abuse while in care, describes his experiences”, in The Independent‎[2], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 December 2014:
      Reno [Grech] lost his big toe nail because he suffered from minor frostbite after being left out in the snow on one such day.
    • 2002 April 30, Mark Oliver, “Frostbite forces polar woman to abandon trek”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 August 2013:
      The dangerous state of Pom Oliver's two infected big toes was detected on Sunday when a supply team met the expedition on day 47 of their walk to the north pole. Doctors at a medical centre in Resolute Bay, a tiny community in northern Canada where the 50-year-old is recovering, said it was too early to know if she would escape any amputation. She has already lost one big toe nail.
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