It's an odd one, It was actually fashionably amongst pimps in the 70s in New York as they could snort lines of coke off the one long nail. Harvey Keitel has a one in the movie Taxi Driver.
Originally Posted by donbon: “It's an odd one, It was actually fashionably amongst pimps in the 70s in New York as they could snort lines of coke off the one long nail. Harvey Keitel has a one in the movie Taxi Driver.”
Yes. Good call. It also symbolises a lack of physical work. Hence pimp use.