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hang·nail (haŋ′nāl′)

noun

a bit of torn skin hanging at the side or base of a fingernail

Etymology: altered (by pop. assoc. with hang) < agnail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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