doornail

noun

door·nail | \ ˈdȯr-ˌnāl

, -ˈnāl\

Definition of doornail

: a large-headed nail —used chiefly in the phrase dead as a doornail

Recent Examples on the Web

After all, the American Health Care Act (AHCA) seemed dead as a doornail right up until the House of Representatives passed it on a 217-213 vote last month following an initial failure. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Can the Senate’s Health Care Bill Actually Pass?," 22 June 2017 Molly's dreams of a linguistic paradise were mortintoj as a doornail. — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, "Moresnet Sits at the 'Four Corners of Europe'—But No One Visits It," 20 Mar. 2017

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