tintack

English

Etymology

tin +‎ tack

Noun

tintack (plural tintacks)

1. A short nail or tack coated with tin.
2. (British) A drawing pin; thumbtack.

Verb

tintack (third-person singular simple present tintacks, present participle tintacking, simple past and past participle tintacked)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) To sack; to fire from a job.