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tacksmen

tacksmen is the plural of tacksman.

Meaning of tacksman

Noun

tacksman (plural tacksmen)

  1. (Scotland) A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
    • An old dry-looking fellow then reminded them of the miserly, as he styled him, tacksman of Auchriachan, and how he cheated them out of their lawful share of his property, by using some charms taught him by his old grandmother.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 390

Questions about tacksmen

What is tacksmen the plural of?
Tacksmen is the plural of tacksman.

Words near tacksmen in the dictionary

  1. tacks about
  2. tacks down
  3. tacks together
  4. tacks up
  5. tacksman
  6. tacksmen
  7. tackt
  8. tackweed
  9. tacky
  10. Tacloban
  11. taclobo

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