tack hammer

American  

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.

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tack hammer British  

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks

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Etymology

Origin of tack hammer

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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tack hammer

So absorbed was she in her hammering that at first she neither heard nor saw Portlaw when he finally ventured to advance; and when she did she dropped the tack hammer in her astonishment.

From The Firing Line by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

"To Chi—" Don Strong paused with his tack hammer raised.

From Don Strong, Patrol Leader by William Heyliger

But Patience was busy with the tack hammer.

From The S. W. F. Club by Caroline E. (Caroline Elliott Hoogs) Jacobs

“And a colander and a tack hammer and a bar of soap?” asked Ferris, but Mr. Collins said, gravely: “No, we don’t want those.”

From Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells

“The only difference is that they use a tack hammer and I use a sledge.”

From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett