doornail

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Definition of doornail in English English dictionary: 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
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: totally dead

doornail

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door·nail

dôrneyl

/ˈdôrˌnāl/ /ˈdɔːrˌneɪl/

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