tack hammer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tack hammer
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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There, with his face buried in his hands, seated on a roll of carpeting with a tack hammer and saucer of tacks at his side, sat the mulierose man!
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan
"A nice hard tack hammer?" came the query again.
From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith
"To Chi—" Don Strong paused with his tack hammer raised.
From Don Strong, Patrol Leader by Heyliger, William
It was a great screw-driver and tack hammer and invaluable to gouge things out of deep cracks.
From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
That she could depend absolutely on Dozia, and knew this strange girl had done more than sit in the path of the showering tack hammer was irrefutable.
From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith
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