nail-cuttingn.
/ˈneɪlˌkʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈneɪlˌkədɪŋ/ 1. The action of trimming the fingernails or toenails; an instance of this. Cf. nail-clipping n. 2, nail-paring n. 2.
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1888 R. Kipling in Week's News (Allahabad) Christmas Suppl. 22 Dec. 4/2 After the weekly nail-cutting.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 8/2 The question whether nail-cutting is a surgical operation.
1974 Current Anthropol. 15 193/1 At other rites of passage, such as the naming, the first hair cutting, and the first nail cutting, the child may receive additional gifts of animals.
2001 UK Newsquest Regional Press (Brighton & Hove) (Nexis) 18 Oct. Basic hygiene and nailcutting are usually sufficient to keep feet in good health.
2. A clipping from a fingernail or toenail. Cf. nail-clipping n. 1, nail-paring n. 1.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a piece cut off > from a nail
twitching1688
nail-clipping1880
nail-cutting1937
1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali x. 351 The Balinese carefully collect and bury all nail-cuttings, hair, tooth-filings, and so forth.
2001 Independent (Nexis) 21 Mar. 3 It is a very real problem gathering up nail cuttings after you've trimmed them, as they get everywhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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