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tacket

[ tak-it ]
/ ˈtæk ɪt /

noun British Dialect.

a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.

Words nearby tacket

tack room, tack welding, tack-weld, tackboard, tacker, tacket, tackie, tackies, tackle, tackling, tacksman

Origin of tacket

First recorded in 1275–1325, tacket is from the Middle English word taket. See tack1, -et

OTHER WORDS FROM tacket

tack·et·ed, adjective
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Examples from the Web for tacket

  • But it was a treat to see how patiently poor Tacket bore his illness.

    Cats|W. Gordon Stables

  • Not hearing very well, the sergeant cried in return: "I dinna care a tacket what it is—pit it oot!"

    Scotch Wit and Humor|W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

  • And forbye that, there was a wee bit mud on the floor and a tacket mark in that!

    Simon|J. Storer Clouston

British Dictionary definitions for tacket

tacket
/ (ˈtækɪt) /

noun

Scot and Northern English dialect a nail, esp a hobnail

Derived forms of tacket

tackety, adjective

Word Origin for tacket

C14: from tack 1
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