nailkeg

== English == === Alternative forms === nail-keg, nail keg === Pronunciation === (This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!) === Noun === nailkeg (plural nailkegs) A keg designed to store nails. (World War I military slang) A shrapnel shell. ==== Derived terms ==== big as a nailkeg === References === Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 81