Noun
the nail at the end of a finger
Source: WordNetLisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in. Larry Wall
if you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But when it's the heart, that's a whole different ball of wax. Jodi Picoult
It was only the matter of a new voice. Nobody listened to an old voice anymore. Old voices became a part of one's self, like a fingernail. Charles Bukowski
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings. Andreas Capellanus
Who ha' fingernail no ha' itch, and who ha' itch no ha' fingernail. Jamaican Proverb
A patient dually determined can fill a pot with water using a fingernail. African Proverb