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nail file

NOUN
file for fingernails
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Using these tools and a nail file that Starr had slipped in her pocket when she used the restroom, they cut the zip ties and came up with a plan.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

"And you can sit there with a nail file and try to pry the chiton off; you will lose."

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Trim toenails straight across, and use a nail file on corners, instead of cutting them.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022

After his time on the show, former engineering student Tom Pellereau used the investment to invent and bring to market a curved nail file, which is now stocked by major supermarkets.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2019

Ivette grabbed a nail file from my dresser.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez