carpet tack

American  

noun

1. a flat-headed tack used especially to tack down carpets.

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Example Sentences

Duct tape and carpet tacks were ripped up, and the team lifted an enormous floor cloth painted with cobblestones and folded it faster than most people can manage a fitted sheet.

From New York Times

“I remembered when my daughter was a little kid, she stepped on a carpet tack strip,” Sims said.

From Washington Times

She’d pull out an old scarf that would fall to pieces in her hands, or open a box that proved to be full of bent carpet tacks.

From Literature

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

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