What is "thumbtacks"

Usage examples of "thumbtacks".

I've got boxes of thumbtacks, and I want you to make sure you put a poster on every phone pole.

Then she poured the thumbtacks into the box, put on the lid, and tied it shut with brown twine.

This he fixed to the wall with thumbtacks to hang over the explosive on the safe's door.

Rawlings had put the remainder of his equipment-the cord, the empty detonator box, the thumbtacks, and the remainder of the CLC-back into the false champagne bottle before he realized he had an unforeseen problem.

This he fixed to the wall with thumbtacks to hang over the explosive on the safe’s door.

Rawlings had put the remainder of his equipment—the cord, the empty detonator box, the thumbtacks, and the remainder of the CLC—back into the false champagne bottle before he realized he had an unforeseen problem.

Your body is still hot with shame, your voice full of thumbtacks and strange to your own ears, your eyes full of guilt and self-loathing while uniformed people walk casually by you with Styrofoam cups of coffee in their hands.