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ETYMOLOGY from supernaculum, modern Latin rendering of German auf den nagel on to the nail, in phr. auf den nagel trinken to drink off liquor to the last drop EXAMPLE From: The Book of Snobs By William Makepeace Thackeray, 1856 Chapter XXXI. A Visit to Some Country Snobs
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