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A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles. / (obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic.

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hobnail

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Source Word

hobnail

obsolete

A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles. / (obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic.

Japanese Meaning

ブーツの靴底などに使用される、頭が太い短い釘 / （古語）滑稽な人、あるいは田舎者

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A loose hobnail in his boot sole left a trail of dents on the wooden floor.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古いブーツの靴底にあった短くて頭の厚い釘が緩んで外れ、木の床にへこみの跡を残した。

Sense（1）

A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.

Sense（2）

(obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic.

Next, the word Politician is not us'd to his maw, and therupon he plays the most notorious hobbihors, jesting and frisking in the luxury of his non-sense with such poor fetches to cog a laughter from us, that no antic hobnaile at a Morris, but is more hansomly facetious.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

hobnails

（ plural ）

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