doornail

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A nail with a wide head, traditionally used in the construction and ornamentation of wooden doors
The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail
a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors
dead as a doornail completely dead (as)
" a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors
{i} nail with a large head formerly used to strengthen or decorate a door

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dead as a doornail
Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings

Mind! I don’t mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door–nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin–nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country’s done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door–nail.

as dead as a doornail
totally dead
dead as a doornail
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