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Tacker

noun

A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding).

A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches. Synonym: baster.

A hand-held machine for driving staples home. Synonyms: staple gun, staplegun.

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"Tacker" Quotes from Famous Books

... you do turn again At varmer Veal's long yacker, ClooAse whaur Jan Lide, tha cobler, lives Who makes tha best o' tacker; ...

— The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire • James Jennings

... 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, ...

— The Astonishing History of Troy Town • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... show, sir,' rejoined Tacker. 'The horses are prouder and fresher than ever I see 'em; and toss their heads, they do, as if they knowed how much their plumes cost. One, two, three, four,' said Mr Tacker, heaping that number of black cloaks ...

— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens

... "you'll be fagged out. Here, let me do it. There you are. Now we're ready to start you. I've a good mind to go and get old Tacker to ring up the big bell and let them know you're ...

— Reginald Cruden - A Tale of City Life • Talbot Baines Reed

... 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