Definition of "nailbrush" [nail•brush]

• A small brush with firm bristles used for scrubbing the hands and cleaning the fingernails and toenails. (noun)

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• "Indeed, while Victorians bathed regularly and believed in fresh air, they generally had only one toothbrush per household; the family toothbrush, if you will, in much the same way that families now have one nailbrush, or one shoe-polishing kit."
• "His wiry, bony hands ignore a nailbrush and the luxury of lemon."
• "Or stolen the missing nailbrush in the upstairs loo? '"