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emery board

noun

  1. a small, stiff strip of paper or cardboard, coated with powdered emery, used in manicuring.

emery board

noun

  1. a strip of cardboard or wood with a rough surface of crushed emery, for filing one's nails
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of emery board1

First recorded in 1715–25
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