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English
Etymology
From hobnail + -ed.
Adjective
hobnailed (not comparable)
- Having hobnails.
The farmer's hobnailed boots were used in mud and snow.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX:“I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”