tacket

[tak-it]

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noun British Dialect.

a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.

Origin of tacket

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

Related formstack·et·ed, adjective

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Historical Examples

And forbye that, there was a wee bit mud on the floor and a tacket mark in that!
Simon
J. Storer Clouston
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

British Dictionary definitions for tacket

tacket

noun

Scot and Northern English dialect a nail, esp a hobnail

Derived Formstackety, adjective

Word Origin

C14: from tack 1

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Examples from the Web for tacket

Historical Examples

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

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

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

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Origin of tacket