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  • “A Tacker is a man of passion, a man of heat, a man that is for ruining the nation upon any hazards to obtain his ends.

    Daniel Defoe Minto, William, 1845-1893 1879

  • "A Tacker is a man of passion, a man of heat, a man that is for ruining the nation upon any hazards to obtain his ends.

    Daniel Defoe William Minto 1869

  • There are no flights right now in our "Travel Tacker," looking at arrivals or departures, I just checked one of the departures from Boston going into London.

    CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2007 2007

  • ‘Well, Tacker,’ said Mr Mould, ‘is all ready below?’

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

  • There he was, however; and in the churchyard there he was, also, conducting himself in a no less unbecoming manner, and leaning for support on Tacker, who plainly told him that he was fit for nothing better than a walking funeral.

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

  • ‘That’s Tacker, I know,’ said Mrs Mould, ‘by the wheezing he makes.

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

  • "It's a pity to put Tacker to the trouble, young 'un," said he; "he'll probably ring when I'm going to leave off, and that'll do as well."

    Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • Gentlemen freeholders, you must not choose a Tacker, unless you will destroy our peace, divide our strength, pull down the Church, let in the

    Daniel Defoe William Minto 1869

  • 'Ready to come in at a moment's notice, sir,' said Tacker.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • Tacker, heaping that number of black cloaks upon his left arm.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

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