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tacket

[ tak-it ]
/ Ë?tæk ɪt /
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noun British Dialect.
a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.
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Origin of tacket

First recorded in 1275–1325, tacket is from the Middle English word taket.See tack1, -et

OTHER WORDS FROM tacket

tack·et·ed, adjective

Words nearby tacket

Tacitus, tack, tackboard, tack claw, tacker, tacket, tack hammer, tackie, tackies, tackle, tackling
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How to use tacket in a sentence

  • Not hearing very well, the sergeant cried in return: "I dinna care a tacket what it is—pit it oot!"

    Scotch Wit and Humor|W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

  • But it was a treat to see how patiently poor Tacket bore his illness.

    Cats|W. Gordon Stables

  • And forbye that, there was a wee bit mud on the floor and a tacket mark in that!

    Simon|J. Storer Clouston

British Dictionary definitions for tacket

tacket
/ (Ë?tækɪt) /
noun
Scot and Northern English dialect a nail, esp a hobnail

Derived forms of tacket

tackety, adjective

Word Origin for tacket

C14: from tack 1
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