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

It was a great screw-driver and tack hammer and invaluable to gouge things out of deep cracks.

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

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

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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!

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“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.”

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