tack
/tæk/ noun C2- That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I went to my work as usual at ten o’clock, but the door was shut and locked, with a little square of cardboard hammered on to the middle of the panel with a tack.
He rose on the waves, making signs of distress; but no one on board saw him, and the vessel stood on another tack.
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