Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Nails
Both words in one sentence
- They will lose all external structures (nails, teeth, hair), their bones will dissolve and their internal organs will change to skin tissue.
Source: Body Horror / Web Original -
In Round the Twist, "Nails" Linda falls in love with a boy who seemingly has a strange disease which causes him to grow extra fingernails and lose the use of his legs.
Source: Our Mermaids Are Different -
Richard Hammond had a stinger (a doormat with some nails in it), James May built a spray paint screen for his car (that failed when confronted with windscreen wipers), and Jeremy Clarkson fitted his rear tires with spiked wheels (which caused him to lose a wheel when he tried to use them).
Source: Weaponized Car
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