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He brought the dog in every two or three days and paid on the nail.
The guide makes clear that we stick to every deal, tell the truth and pay on the nail.
From this practice comes the phrase 'paying on the nail'.
Not paying on the nail could be extremely expensive.
What will you pay on the nail?
"Oh, he paid on the nail, all right.
Everybody paying on the nail."
You know how I am; if I can't pay on the nail, I don't buy.
Paid on the nail (Key Records) 1974
thou art no ill guest, and hast paid on the nail for meat, drink and lodging.
Deals could be closed by payment on the nails-the popularly supposed origin of the saying "pay on the nail" or "cash on the nail".
A MUSICAL presentation called Paid On The Nail, created by two Merseyside church members, is being held in at Deyes High School, Maghull, on Thursday.
She'd looked at me a bit strange, the woman in charge of the Bed-and-Breakfast, but I'd paid on the nail and ordered in my refined accent, 'And a cooked breakfast, please'- so no hassle.
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