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

"Oh, Hilary, let me open it, please, I'll go get the tack hammer."

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

I’ve made more fuss before now over pounding my finger with a tack hammer.

From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto

Why, she had a tack hammer in each hand.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

"Putting a synthetic tallow-wax molecule together would be like trying to build a spaceship with a jackknife and a tack hammer."

From Four-Day Planet by Piper, H. Beam

Amanda was not quite clear as to the manner of procedure, but she gracefully waved a tack hammer found on the window-sill, in lieu of a gavel, and demanded order.

From Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's by Goss, John