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6 words match “TACKER”

TACKER n.
One who tacks.
ATTACKER n.
One who attacks.
PIECE n.
-- To give a piece of one's mind to, to speak plainly, bluntly, or severely to (another). Tackeray. -- Piece broker, one who buys shreds and remnants of cloth to sell again. -- Piece goods, goods usually sold by pieces or fixed portions, as shirtings, calicoes, sheetings, and the like.
PIG-STICKING n.
Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. [Colloq.] Tackeray.
STAND v.
To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. [Colloq.] Tackeray. To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way. -- To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. "Pleasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand thei…
STICKER n.
That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses. [Colloq.] Tackeray.