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This nail may be found in a boot (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toe

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This might be a double definition.

'this nail may be' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a boot' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'found in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for toe that I've seen before include "One's nailed" , "'Little piggy'" , "Feature of footwear" , "Pedal extremity" , "Extremity of the body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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