: a short large-headed nail for studding shoe soles
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The dial is guilloched with a Clous de Paris hobnail pattern.
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Carol Besler, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 7 Pottery Barn Jupiter Drinking Glasses A bestseller at Pottery Barn, these striking glasses are available in two sizes and feature delicate hobnail details.
—Alyssa Gautieri, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 Apr. 2023
As a rebuke to warmongers, a monument from one Hohenzollern despot to another seems inapt and more like a hint to keep those hobnail jackboots handy.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
What's a hobnail lamp?
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2021
His first rubber soles mimicked hobnail soles.
—Andrew Freeman, Outside Online, 21 May 2012
Housed in a new Calatrava case bearing guilloched sides, the model features the brand’s signature hobnail pattern.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2022
Fenton had the hobnail pattern, which applies to your dresser lamps.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 9 June 2022
Cool and youthful, but just classic enough, Patek Philippe's Calatrava Reference 5226G sports a refined case with a hobnail pattern guillochéed around the entire circumference of the caseband.
—Alex Doak, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022
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Carol Besler, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 7 Pottery Barn Jupiter Drinking Glasses A bestseller at Pottery Barn, these striking glasses are available in two sizes and feature delicate hobnail details.
—Alyssa Gautieri, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 Apr. 2023
As a rebuke to warmongers, a monument from one Hohenzollern despot to another seems inapt and more like a hint to keep those hobnail jackboots handy.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
What's a hobnail lamp?
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2021
His first rubber soles mimicked hobnail soles.
—Andrew Freeman, Outside Online, 21 May 2012
Housed in a new Calatrava case bearing guilloched sides, the model features the brand’s signature hobnail pattern.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2022
Fenton had the hobnail pattern, which applies to your dresser lamps.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 9 June 2022
Cool and youthful, but just classic enough, Patek Philippe's Calatrava Reference 5226G sports a refined case with a hobnail pattern guillochéed around the entire circumference of the caseband.
—Alex Doak, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022
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1592, in the meaning defined above
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