Thumb Tack

I find bent and broken branches, even cut limbs. (illegal) And often as not, my prized tree probably has a reflective thumb-tack stuck in it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In normal times £12 billion would be a vast sum to squander but when rescue packages of several hundred billions are regularly being announced both here and in America it sounds like a mislaid thumb-tack. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh, he's after the dog, I see, moving the canvases so the little beggar won't run a thumb-tack in his paw. ❋ Francis Hopkinson Smith (1876)

This paper I wet on _both_ sides and thumb-tack over an oil canvas the size of the picture to be painted. ❋ Francis Hopkinson Smith (1876)

Just mouse over it and click the little thumb-tack icon that appears on the right edge. ❋ Rick Broida (2010)

(You can remove it just as easily by clicking the thumb-tack again.) ❋ Rick Broida (2010)

The wrestling match will last about 45 minutes and may include a thumb-tack match. ❋ CO Color By ROBERT ALLEN Summit Daily News Frisco (2009)

Herb was always there, in the years before I was fully aware and in the years when I would thumb-tack baseball cards to my bedroom wall. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It may be necessary to fasten it down with a thumb-tack.] ❋ Unknown (1900)