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tacket

American

[tak-it] / ˈtæk ɪt /

noun

British Dialect.

a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.

tacket British

/ ˈtækɪt /

noun

dialect a nail, esp a hobnail

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Etymology

Origin of tacket

First recorded in 1275–1325, tacket is from the Middle English word taket. See tack ¹, -et

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tacket

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

From Simon by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

Throw by that walloping surtout— On wi' my auld red jacket— Haul aff thae gripless Wellingtons For yon shoon wi' mony a tacket.

From Poems on Golf by Society, Edinburgh Burgess Golfing

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