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

Then taking a light tack hammer we battered down the end of the rivet onto the washer.

From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)

Blue Bonnet took the tack hammer from Amanda's apathetic hand and rapped for order.

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

Conn. I claim, as a new article of manufacture, a tack hammer, constructed in the manner and With the characteristics herein specified, for the purposes set forth.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

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

From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis

But Patience was busy with the tack hammer.

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