nail-brush

He washed his teeth, and scrubbed his hands with a kitchen scrub-brush till he saw a nail-brush in a drug-store window and divined its use.

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John found a crazy bookshelf, a delux 12-inch notebook from Asus, and a freaky nail-brush.

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It sometimes happens that particles of mud which have resisted the wet scrubbing with the nail-brush may be removed by this method.

On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

Secondly, use nothing but a good stiff nail-brush, fine soap, and water, and rub the nails and hands briskly with these every morning the _year round_.

The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies An American Lady

With soap that "chaps," and a stiff nail-brush she has painfully scrubbed her cold knuckles to remove the grime which several days of imperfect ablution has rendered almost immovable -- except as the skin comes with it.

Etiquette Agnes H. Morton

In washing the lens and tool before new emery is introduced, a large enamelled iron bucket is very handy; the whole of the tool should be immersed and scrubbed with a nail-brush.

On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

A liberal use of the nail-brush, warm water, and best Windsor soap will insure the preservation of a delicate hand.

Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. Sarah Annie Frost

The nail-brush is sufficient to cleanse them without impairing their smooth and polished surfaces.

A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

Lotions of chloride of lime and use of nail-brush before admission to lying-in wards,

The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various

When the time comes to alter the grade of emery, a fresh lot of newspapers should be put down, and tools, lens, and pedestal well washed and brushed by the nail-brush.

On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall