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tacket
[ tak-it ]
/ ˈtæk ɪt /
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noun British Dialect.
a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.
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Origin of tacket
OTHER WORDS FROM tacket
tack·et·ed, adjectiveWords 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
Derived forms of tacket
tackety, adjectiveWord Origin for tacket
C14: from tack 1
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