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Noun: tacker  ta-ku(r)
  1. A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)
    "The tacker quickly secured the fabric to the frame of the chair"
     
  2. A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
    "The tacker quickly prepared the dress for fitting by using temporary stitches";
    - baster
     
  3. A hand-held machine for driving staples home
    "He used a tacker to attach the fabric to the wooden frame";
    - staple gun, staplegun

Derived forms: tackers

Type of: machine, sewer[2], worker

Encyclopedia: Tacker