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plural thumbtacks
(Canada, US) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard. quotations examples
You say that I'm broke my nigga, how is that?Bitch I'm stickin to this paper like a thumbtack
2016 June 10, BlocBoy JB (lyrics and music), “No Chorus, Pt. 5”, in Who Am I, 1:20–1:27
third-person singular simple present thumbtacks, present participle thumbtacking, simple past and past participle thumbtacked
(transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack. quotations examples
On the particle-board partition that separated his cubicle from the next, Paul had thumbtacked things that might inspire him […]
1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994