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thumbtack

noun as in push pin

noun as in tack

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First, punch a small hole in the middle of one of the cards using a thumbtack or a pin.

The methyl group acts like a tiny thumbtack set out on the seat the antibiotic was hoping to take, Polikanov said.

Broadcaster TVE showed a thumbtack that its reporter on a motorbike found on the course.

It’s as visually pulse-pounding as thumbtacks on a driveway, and an invitation to close one’s eyes and concentrate on the A.S.M.R. pleasure of shuddering steel.

While we are on ravioli, even if they are stuffed with thumbtacks and rusty pennies, they are better than spaghetti.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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