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# Nails used to be quite valuable, so much so that people would remove...

*October 31, 2022 — Comment Gerry Mander's post*

Nails used to be quite valuable, so much so that people would remove them and take them with them when they moved.  However no one wants a door that can be easily dismantled, so they would bend the nails in half to prevent them from being removed or reused.  Hence, "dead as a doornail'.