tack hammer
a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.
Origin of tack hammer
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How to use tack hammer in a sentence
In his emotion he dropped the tack-hammer within an ace of my head.
Twelve Stories and a Dream | H. G. WellsHe made imitations of tremendous muscular power with a tack-hammer that happened in his way for a sledge.
Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 | VariousBlue Bonnet took the tack hammer from Amanda's apathetic hand and rapped for order.
Blue Bonnet in Boston | Caroline E. JacobsIt was a great screw-driver and tack hammer and invaluable to gouge things out of deep cracks.
Tripping with the Tucker Twins | Nell SpeedHit one of these studs even a light blow with a tack hammer, gentlemen, and the mine would explode.
Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers | H. Irving Hancock
British Dictionary definitions for tack hammer
a light hammer for driving tacks
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