tacksman
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of tacksman
C16: from tack 4
Example Sentences
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In the case of the properties of which you are tacksman or proprietor, the rent, I presume, goes into the debit side of the man's account?-Yes.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William
John, for many years the popular Sheriff-Substitute of the Lewis district of Ross-shire, and subsequently tacksman of Shieldaig, Gairloch.
From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander
I manage Lady Nicholson's property in Papa, more as a factor for her than as a tacksman.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William
The tenants on the Ollaberry property in Northmaven parish are obliged to fish to a firm, of which the principal member is Mr. John Anderson, Hillswick, brother of the proprietor and tacksman of the estate.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William
The evidence against Mouat was certainly given with such freedom, I might say with such an earnestness of hatred, as was not displayed towards any merchant or tacksman who is still in the country.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William
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