carpet tack

noun

It was an ordinary carpet tack, such as they were about to make, but with a crimson-covered top.

The corner of this picture being lifted, disclosed a small key, hung over the head of a carpet-tack driven into the wall.

I don't know when I ever saw a chap so anxious to melt right down into a corner and be mistaken for a carpet tack.

Here are two things any man can find in the dark—a carpet tack and a limburger sandwich.

The improved carpet tack is after all but a peculiar combination of body and head and barbs.

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