"nail house" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nail houses [plural]
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 釘子戶/钉子户 (dīngzihù). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque from Chinese, {{zh-l|釘子戶}} 釘子戶/钉子户 (dīngzihù) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nail house (plural nail houses)
  1. A private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of small monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government. Wikipedia link: nail house Related terms: holdout Translations (house whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments): 釘子戶 (Chinese Mandarin), 钉子户 (dīngzihù) (Chinese Mandarin), naulatalo (note: only in reference to the Chinese phenomenon) [rare] (Finnish)

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