"rusty nail" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rusty nail.wav 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): 銹鐵釘 (Chinese Mandarin), 锈铁钉 (Chinese Mandarin), rusty nail (Finnish), ржа́вый гвоздь (ržávyj gvozdʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rusty_nail-en-noun-neRxg68e Disambiguation of Cocktails: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'cocktail made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch': 99 1
  2. (slang, derogatory, uncommon) A has-been, a person whose fame or influence is rapidly declining. Tags: derogatory, slang, uncommon
    Sense id: en-rusty_nail-en-noun-bYQvdDTn

Inflected forms

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