Definition of "rusty nail" []

• A cocktail made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch. (noun)

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• "Wassilij now lay on his back; the rusty nail stuck out of the wall straight above his head."
• "Above the rusty nail there ran a cross-beam in the wall on which anybody, intending to mount the press, might find foothold."
• "Next to it a rusty nail stuck out of the wall: until a short time ago the photograph of Rubashov as Partisan-commander had hung there."