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Answer for the clue "Tack or small nail of tinned iron ", 7 letters:
tintack

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. tack or small nail of tinned iron

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A short nail or tack coated with tin 2 (context British English) A drawing pin / thumbtack 3 (context Cockney rhyming slang English) Meaning "sack" (lose one's job).

Usage examples of tintack.

Indoor: discussion in tepid security of unsolved historical and criminal problems: lecture of unexpurgated exotic erotic masterpieces: house carpentry with toolbox containing hammer, awl nails, screws, tintacks, gimlet, tweezers, bullnose plane and turnscrew.

The carpet men worked overtime, the dogs sat in a martyred row on the tintacked underfelt, and everything was finished and tidied away by the eve of the party, when Rupert and Billy were due home.