large toe nail

English

Noun

large toe nail (plural large toe nails)

  1. Alternative form of large toenail.
    • 1981 July 6, Tom Donahue, Mack Jacobs, quoting C.S., “Training and Paining: Conquer Blues with Vacation, New Routine”, in Daily Record, volume 82, number 10, Morristown, N.J., →OCLC, page 14, column 2:
      I lost my large toe nail about six months ago after it turned black.
    • 1989 January 24, George Dalek, “Spartans succumb to Berlin pressure”, in Record-Journal, 122nd year, number 24, Meriden, Conn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13, column 1:
      Berlin held a slim 23-21 edge midway through the second-quarter when [Ivy] Barnes, who had led Maloney in scoring up until that point (eight points), split the large toe nail of her left foot and was taken to the hospital, missing the rest of the game.
    • 1990 January 18, Gail Hurst, “The Silver Source: With care, foot and nail disorders can be corrected”, in Ottawa Citizen, final edition, Ottawa, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page H7, column 2:
      Another nail problem is when the large toe nail becomes thick, yellow and separates from the nail bed.