carpet tack

noun

1. a flat-headed tack used especially to tack down carpets.

Example Sentences

Duct tape and carpet tacks were ripped up, and the team lifted an enormous floor cloth painted with cobblestones and folded it faster than most people can manage a fitted sheet.

From New York Times

“I remembered when my daughter was a little kid, she stepped on a carpet tack strip,” Sims said.

From Washington Times

She’d pull out an old scarf that would fall to pieces in her hands, or open a box that proved to be full of bent carpet tacks.

From Literature

To drive that point home, they continue: “The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial.”

From Salon

The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial.

From New York Times