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tack hammer

noun

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



tack hammer

noun

  1. a light hammer for driving tacks

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tack hammer1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

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The only proper response to this kind of thinking is to smack one's forehead -- or better yet, the filmmaker's -- with a tack hammer.

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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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