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false tacks

false tacks is the plural of false tack.

Meaning of false tack

Noun

false tack (plural false tacks)

  1. A coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.

Questions about false tacks

What is false tacks the plural of?
False tacks is the plural of false tack.

Words near false tacks in the dictionary

  1. false strawberries
  2. false strawberry
  3. false summit
  4. false summits
  5. false tack
  6. false tacks
  7. false teeth
  8. false tree
  9. false trevallies
  10. false trevally
  11. false truffle

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