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

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Example Sentences

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tack hammer

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 John Goss

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 Wardon Allan Curtis

She wore a paper of pins on the breast of her silk dress, she had a tack hammer thrust in her belt.

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris

The man who tacks them together uses a magnetized tack hammer.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Arthur Brisbane

Keziah dropped the tack hammer and stood up.

From Keziah Coffin by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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