tack hammer

noun

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

Words nearby tack hammer

taciturn, taciturnity, tacitus, tack, tack claw, tack hammer, tack rag, tack room, tack welding, tack-weld, tackboard

Origin of tack hammer

First recorded in 1885–90

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Examples from the Web for tack hammer

There was the tip-tap-tip of a tack-hammer going on in a distant corner.
Homespun Tales|Kate Douglas Wiggin
In his emotion he dropped the tack-hammer within an ace of my head.
Twelve Stories and a Dream|H. G. Wells
If you make dents with a tack-hammer in Mother's piano, that is not right; that is a surprise.
A Melody in Silver|Keene Abbott
And I made about as much headway talkin' to him as I would if I'd been assaultin' that tank with a tack-hammer.
The House of Torchy|Sewell Ford

He made imitations of tremendous muscular power with a tack-hammer that happened in his way for a sledge.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tack hammer

tack hammer

noun

a light hammer for driving tacks

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