emery board
Example Sentences
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Joe Niekro had an emery board and a piece of sandpaper.
From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2020
The political wife is repeatedly described as a kind of human emery board, trotted out to smooth the candidate’s rough edges and make him more accessible to voters.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2012
First, Phil Niekro's younger brother Joe was nabbed in a Minnesota game with an emery board in his hip pocket.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I don't usually get a cold," she says in a voice borrowed from an emery board.
From Time Magazine Archive
But to her surprise he said yes, and to her greater surprise added, “I used to do my mom’s nails. So I know how to use the emery board and everything.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
