Usually means: Standard nail, approximately two inches.
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  1. eightpenny nail: Merriam-Webster
  2. eightpenny nail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eightpenny nail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eightpenny nail: Vocabulary.com
  5. eightpenny nail: Wiktionary
  6. eightpenny nail: Dictionary.com
  7. eightpenny nail: Rhymezone
  8. eightpenny nail: FreeDictionary.org
  9. eightpenny nail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. eightpenny nail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eightpenny nail)

noun:  (dated) A nail 2.5 inches (6.35 centimeters) in length.

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