Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tack with a large flat head, designed to be thrust in by the pressure of the thumb or a finger.
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Examples
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I find bent and broken branches, even cut limbs. (illegal) And often as not, my prized tree probably has a reflective thumb-tack stuck in it.
Get AWAY from me! 2009
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In normal times £12 billion would be a vast sum to squander but when rescue packages of several hundred billions are regularly being announced both here and in America it sounds like a mislaid thumb-tack.
Crude but shrewd 2009
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This paper I wet on _both_ sides and thumb-tack over an oil canvas the size of the picture to be painted.
Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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Oh, he's after the dog, I see, moving the canvases so the little beggar won't run a thumb-tack in his paw.
Felix O'Day Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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(You can remove it just as easily by clicking the thumb-tack again.)
Latest from Computerworld Rick Broida 2010
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Just mouse over it and click the little thumb-tack icon that appears on the right edge.
Latest from Computerworld Rick Broida 2010
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Just mouse over it and click the little thumb-tack icon that appears on the right edge.
Latest from Computerworld Rick Broida 2010
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(You can remove it just as easily by clicking the thumb-tack again.)
Latest from Computerworld Rick Broida 2010
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(You can remove it just as easily by clicking the thumb-tack again.)
Latest from Computerworld Rick Broida 2010
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Just mouse over it and click the little thumb-tack icon that appears on the right edge.
Latest from Computerworld Rick Broida 2010
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