"rusty nail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rusty nails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rusty nail (plural rusty nails)
  1. A cocktail made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch. Categories (topical): Cocktails Translations (cocktail made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch): rusty nail (Finnish), ржа́вый гвоздь (ržávyj gvozdʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rusty_nail-en-noun-neRxg68e Disambiguation of Cocktails: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'cocktail made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch': 98 2
  2. (slang, uncommon) A has-been, an individual whose fame or influence is rapidly declining. Tags: slang, uncommon
    Sense id: en-rusty_nail-en-noun-rabQkJbV

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rusty nail meaning in English (2.2kB)

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