hobnailed

adjective

1

: studded with or as if with hobnails

hobnailed boots

2

a

: marked by the wearing of heavy shoes or boots studded with hobnails

hobnailed laborers

the hobnailed entry of investigating officialdom into the classroom

—M. H. Bernstein

b

: countrified and often loutish

too hobnailed to have much feeling

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