rusty nails
Corroded metal spikes
Rusty nails are nails that have oxidized, developing the reddish-brown coating of iron oxide.
The phrase often appears in warnings about tetanus, though the bacteria lives in soil, not rust itself.
A Rusty Nail is also a cocktail of Scotch whisky and Drambuie: He ordered a rusty nail at the hotel bar.
- tetanusMuscle-stiffening bacterial disease
- tetanus shotImmunization against bacterial spasm disease
- risus sardonicusSustained involuntary grimace
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- DrambuieHerbed honey whisky liqueur
oxidation · metal fatigue · fastener · iron · lockjaw · metals · spikes · hardware · construction · patina · Scotch whisky · ferrous metals · wound care · infection · cocktails · highball · nostalgia · deterioration
- found materialsfound objects, driftwood, sea glass, bottle caps, shells
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste
- scrap metalscrap metal, steel, iron, copper, aluminum