little finger nail

little finger nail (plural little finger nails)

1. Alternative form of little fingernail.
   • 1932 June 12, “Dates Early Man Back 8,000 Years: Dr. Requena Holds Discoveries Indicate Venezuela Was Civilization’s Cradle. […]”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 September 2025:

     The feminine adornments are partly primitive, partly decadent and, considering the tools with which they were executed, represent tremendous labor. One is made entirely of tiny frogs carved from stones no bigger than a man’s little finger nail.

   • 2011 July 14, Christine Smith, “Country diary: Eriskay”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 October 2015:

     One morning, however, I arrived to find the still damp sand bordered by a creamy yellow edge of what appeared to be dried foam. It turned out to be nothing so mundane. Instead, it was composed of hundreds of thousands of tiny shells of all colours and types, most of them half the size of my little finger nail and so delicate as to be translucent.

   • 2022 May 22, Douglas Whitbread, quoting Jamie Thorpe, “A bug’s life: photographer captures beauty of insects in his back garden”, in The Independent‎^[3], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2022:

     Usually when you explain the size of them as well, that they’re only 4-5mm, smaller than your little finger nail, the fear seems to subside a little bit with them.