tack hammer

American  

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.

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tack hammer British  

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks

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Etymology

Origin of tack hammer

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

That she could depend absolutely on Dozia, and knew this strange girl had done more than sit in the path of the showering tack hammer was irrefutable.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

The man who tacks them together uses a magnetized tack hammer.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

It was a great screw-driver and tack hammer and invaluable to gouge things out of deep cracks.

From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

Conn. I claim, as a new article of manufacture, a tack hammer, constructed in the manner and With the characteristics herein specified, for the purposes set forth.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

I’ve made more fuss before now over pounding my finger with a tack hammer.

From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto