7 examples of tin-tack in sentences

Enquiries will, for instance, be received by a Consul at a Chinese port from a manufacturer of pottery or harness or tin-tacks, asking what type of goods will be likely to find a market in that locality.

Awfully sorry to trouble me, but Private Montease, just back from three weeks' holiday with bronchitis, was sleeping in the wood-shed on three planks and a tin-tack.

He used to put tar in the tomato soup, and beeswax and tin-tacks on the chairs.

" Within five minutes two pebbles, a tin-tack, a chunk of wood and a black-beetle were on the tablecloth.... "Do you know that flutter's cost me five pounds, and there wasn't a sign of your infernal knife after all?"

"And I shall want some glue, and Miss Gunnill, and some tin-tacks," said Drill.

" "Gladys," said Brandon, observing the child's deep attention, "it is right you should know that the brother-poet had written a tragedy on tin-tacks.

At this time Teddy always had a pencil in his hand, when he wasn't looking for his biscuithe was a greedy little thing!and Edy was hammering clothes onto her dolls with tin-tacks!

7 examples of  tin-tack  in sentences