Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tack-hammer.
  • noun A hand-machine for driving tacks.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • My go to favorite a Rem 700 CDL in .280 it will cleanly kill anything on this continent - the bullet choice is incredible and it is a tack-driver with the right load.

    Petzal: .270 vs. 2009

  • My go to favorite a Rem 700 CDL in .280 it will cleanly kill anything on this continent - the bullet choice is incredible and it is a tack-driver with the right load.

    Petzal: .270 vs. 2009

  • With modern slugs, it would be an absolute tack-driver by slug standards.

    The Browning Wish List Roundup 2008

  • Of course, a snub-nose revolver wasn't going to be a tack-driver at any kind of range, no matter how good a shooter you were.

    State Of War Clancy, Tom 2003

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  • The examples do not relate to the definitions.

    June 27, 2013

  • Yes they do.

    June 27, 2013

  • seems to be a go-to metaphor amongst hoplophiles.

    June 28, 2013