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thumbtack
/ ˈθʌˌæ /
noun
Also called (esp in Britain): drawing pin.a short tack with a broad smooth head for fastening papers to a drawing board, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of thumbtack1
Example Sentences
First, punch a small hole in the middle of one of the cards using a thumbtack or a pin.
The methyl group acts like a tiny thumbtack set out on the seat the antibiotic was hoping to take, Polikanov said.
Broadcaster TVE showed a thumbtack that its reporter on a motorbike found on the course.
It’s as visually pulse-pounding as thumbtacks on a driveway, and an invitation to close one’s eyes and concentrate on the A.S.M.R. pleasure of shuddering steel.
While we are on ravioli, even if they are stuffed with thumbtacks and rusty pennies, they are better than spaghetti.
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