nailkeg

English

Alternative forms

• nail-keg, nail keg

Pronunciation

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Noun

nailkeg (plural nailkegs)

1. A keg designed to store nails.
2. (World War I military slang) A shrapnel shell.

Derived terms

• big as a nailkeg

References

• Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎^[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 81