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busy as a nailer

adj

Definitions

  1. working constantly.

    • So the Colonel went down stairs, and the Ould Fellow worked away as busy as a nailer, shovellin' in the guineas by hundherds and thousands.
    • The result was obvious; the nailer was no longer “as busy as a nailer,” and there was no prospect that he ever would be fully employed.
    • … she would be as busy as a nailer in the Abbey Shop ensuring that Mass cards were ready for those who came, and helping out in any other way she could.

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