thumbtack
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Then using the pushpin thumbtack, poke holes up and down the bag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
In 2017, BuzzFeed News reported a long list of stomach-churning discoveries: A woman unearthed a thumbtack in her Cheerios, and a man bit down on a bone from his box of Frosted Mini-Wheats.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2021
You might even wish to write down what you feel, laminate it and thumbtack it to a free-standing bulletin board for all to see.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
One of his fellow riders joked that if there had been a thumbtack on his bike seat, it might have felt better.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2017
The smallest was no longer than a thumbtack.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
This summer’s Tour de France was also troubled by thumbtacks tossed on the road.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
These metatheatrical maneuvers at the beginning and end of “Ava” seem as if they were added last minute with thumbtacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
While we are on ravioli, even if they are stuffed with thumbtacks and rusty pennies, they are better than spaghetti.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023
“You use thumbtacks, Tiona uses a razor blade,” Sadie Barnette, who shared residency time with her in 2018 at the Skowhegan School, said of her precision.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
From his toolbox, Papi pulled out a package of green thumbtacks.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
