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ˈtin-ˈtack a. A tack, or short light iron nail, coated with tin.1839 Dickens Nich. Nick. xxxv. 346 A..parcel of tin tacks and a very large hammer. 1840 ― Old C. Shop xxviii, Mrs. Jarley served out the tin tacks from a linen pocket. 1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. vii. 91 He had trodden on a tin-tac...
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tack/tæk; tæk/ n1 [C] small nail with a broad head 平头钉; 大头钉 a `carpet tack, ie one used for securing a carpet to the floor 地毯钉 a `tin-tack 镀锡平头钉.2 [C]long loose stitch used in fastening pieces of cloth together loosely or temporarily ; 假缝; 粗缝 tailor's tacks, ie ones used to mark the place for a sea...
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▪ I. tack, n.1 (tæk) Forms: 4–6 tak, takk(e, 5–7 tacke, 6 take, (pl. tax), 5– tack. [tack n.1 and v.1 go together, and are doublets of tache n.2, v.2 (q.v.), though forms in k or q are not recorded in OF., and the etymological history is obscure. For the ulterior etymology Diez compares Ger. zacken ...
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