These are the ones whose only company on Christmas night is a can of cold pineapple chunks and dirty fingernails.

He folded the card with his long dirty fingernails and handed it back.

He put a dirty fingernail on a certain spot and handed it to Barney.

Then he shrugged and looked down at his dirty fingernails, ignoring her.

I glanced at him and by the porch light saw his dirty fingernails.

He describes his management style as "dirty fingernails" and works 80 hours a week.

The hand that grasped the staff had long, uneven, dirty fingernails.

"He turned up in cowboy boots and hat with dirty fingernails," Bill said.

"Most artists today would not be seen with dirty fingernails or unconfined hair," he said recently.

I was especially grateful for your report on dirty fingernails.