tacket
[ tak-it ]
nounBritish Dialect.
a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.
Origin of tacket
1Other words from tacket
- tack·et·ed, adjective
Words Nearby tacket
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How to use tacket in a sentence
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) HoweBut it was a treat to see how patiently poor tacket bore his illness.
Cats | W. Gordon StablesAnd 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
Origin of tacket
1C14: from tack 1
Derived forms of tacket
- tackety, adjective
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