Drawing pin

"Push pin" redirects here. For other uses, see Push pin (disambiguation).
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Push pin
Drawing pin or thumb tack

A drawing pin (in British English) or [thumb] tack (in North American English), also called a push-pin, is a short, small pin or nail with a flat, broad head that can be pressed into place with pressure from the thumb, often used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.

Thumb tacks made of brass, tin or iron may be referred to as brass tacks, brass pins, tin tacks or iron tacks, respectively.[1] These terms are particularly used in the idiomatic expression to come (or get) down to brass (or otherwise) tacks, meaning to consider basic facts of a situation.[2]

  1. ^ "tack, n. 1.a." Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ "brass, n. P2". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press.