carpet tack
Americannoun
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To drive that point home, they continue: “The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial.”
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2014
The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2014
Foundation officials chose a brilliant red background to match original fibers that were recently found, clinging to a carpet tack, hidden beneath a remodeled threshold in the Dining Room.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2014
“The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial,” the editors wrote.
From Washington Post
"Fanny's the girl!" he declared with his hand resting affectionately on his wife's shoulder, after he had detailed to Mr. Daw how he had squeezed the covered carpet tack dry of its possibilities.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
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