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Tacker   /tˈækər/   Listen
Tacker

noun
1.
A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding).
2.
A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches.  Synonym: baster.
3.
A hand-held machine for driving staples home.  Synonyms: staple gun, staplegun.





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"Tacker" Quotes from Famous Books



... Why, the very fust day I tuk sarvice—I was a tiny tacker then—he says to me, 'Caleb, my boy, you'm lookin' all skin an' bones for the present, but there's no knawin' what Penhellick beef and pudden may do for 'ee yet, ef 'tes eaten wi' a thankful heart. Hows'ever, 'bout ...
— The Astonishing History of Troy Town • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


Words linked to "Tacker" :   sewer, tack, worker, machine, baster, staplegun, staple gun


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