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Meanings of thumb tack in English

Russian
кнопка
Spanish
tachuela
Catalan
xinxeta
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Short nail or pin used to fasten items to a wall or board for display.

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кнопка
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Examples for "tack"
Examples for "tack"
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But others have been forced by current circumstances to change tack completely.
The Irish Times
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It marks a change of tack when dealing with the financial industry.
Reuters
3
Wired: Gervais takes tack-sharp aim at all things absurd -including himself.
Wired
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This time, some companies that had sold guns for years changed tack.
Reuters
5
Mexico's national electricity company CFE will follow a similar tack, she added.
Reuters
1
Rosalie was in the study looking for a drawing pin wherewith to affix her illuminated card to the wall.
This Freedom
2
Alan Sugar's sidekick is to be the new Countdown host Age: 67 Appearance: retired newsreader, sitting on a drawing pin.
The Guardian
3
Please don't leave any drawing pins on the floor.
The Irish Times
4
The only thing needed to complete this military operation is a set of colour-coded drawing pins.
The Irish Times
5
Father presses the drawing pins on my Red Star poster more firmly into the wall with his thumbs.
How the soldier repairs the gramophone
1
By using a push pin and a print out of each constellation, she is able to give complete accuracy to these constellation cookies.
Wired
2
A little plastic box filled with Push Pins, rubber bands, thumbtacks, and paper clips.
Under the dome: a novel
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The application displays push pins for each restaurant within that area and lists them below the map.
Reuters
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Various devices are used to keep the film straight, and push pins or thumb tacks are supplied with almost all of them.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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This will allow the end of the film to be turned over at each end of the frame and fastened with push pins.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
Usage of thumb tack in English
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It comes after another shopper said they found a thumb tack in strawberries bought from a Goolwa supermarket on Monday.
News.com.au
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Fasten this material down to the table slightly with pins or thumb tacks.
Make Your Own Hats
3
Oliver walked over to the steps and pulled out the thumb tacks that held the snakeskin.
O+F
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A couple of thumb tacks should be used to fasten the paper and design in place.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
5
On the back of the door a relatively new calendar was posted with two thumb tacks.
Violists
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Paint the heads of four thumb tacks black and use them in fastening the plaque to the board.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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This he fastened to the door jam by pressing in the thumb tacks that were sewed in the hem.
In the Clutch of the War-God
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And three customers of a Golden Grove store said they found needles and thumb tacks in their groceries over recent days.
News.com.au
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He shows me a rectangle of foam-core with a straw, a broken pen, and a few thumb tacks stuck to it.
Wired
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Various devices are used to keep the film straight, and push pins or thumb tacks are supplied with almost all of them.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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The scrim should be pinned to the black-board with thumb tacks, and the stitches made large enough for all to see without difficulty.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools
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Metal needles were found in a punnet of strawberries, as well as an avocado, and thumb tacks in a loaf of rye bread.
News.com.au
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But the worst of all was the day teacher sent me to the office for thumb tacks to fasten up our drawings around the room.
The Lilac Lady
Translations for thumb tack
Catalan
xinxeta