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tacket

[ tak-it ]

noun

British Dialect.
  1. a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.


tacket

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a nail, esp a hobnail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲٲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٲij· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tacket1

First recorded in 1275–1325, tacket is from the Middle English word taket. See tack 1, -et
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tacket1

C14: from tack 1
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The woman, in her 20s, was attacked after a man called out to her as she walked through Tacket Street car park in Ipswich in the early hours.

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In March, 1826, he resigned his charge, and removed to Ipswich, where he is still labouring as pastor of the Independent Church in Tacket Street.

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Throw by that walloping surtout— On wi' my auld red jacket— Haul aff thae gripless Wellingtons For yon shoon wi' mony a tacket.

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But coming through clear and strong were Tacket's potent "Easy to Be Hard," Remillard's searching "Where Do I Go?" and the Hamlet homage, "What a Piece of Work Is Man," for a trio of hipsters.

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Little Tommy Tacket, Sits upon his cracket; Half a yard of cloth will make him coat and jacket; Make him coat and jacket, Trowsers to the knee.

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