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Definition of Thumbtacked
1. thumbtack [v] - See also: thumbtack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thumbtacked
Literary usage of Thumbtacked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mount Vernon Street Warrens: A Boston Story, 1860-1910 by Martin Burgess Green (1880)
"... there were a few photographs thumbtacked to the wall, and one of them, the
oldest, was of Sam Warren, seen at the helm of an old sloop.30 Brandeis and ..."
2. In a Family Way by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (1995)
"A calendar thumbtacked to the pasteboard wall of her office had the dates of
future court appearances of women who'd been persuaded to file assault charges ..."
3. Architectural Rendering in Wash by Harold Van Buren Magonigle (1921)
"... as it comes from the jar, spread on with a knife blade and the joint thumbtacked
down at the extreme ends until dry, when any paste that has squeezed ..."
4. A Man's World by Arthur Bullard (1912)
"While they were still storming me with questions, Norman went back to his work.
He had a large sheet of drawing paper thumbtacked to the table and was ..."
5. A Man's World by Arthur Bullard (1912)
"While they were still storming me with questions, Norman went back to his work.
He had a large sheet of drawing paper thumbtacked to the table and "was ..."
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