hold tack

English

Verb

hold tack

  1. To last or hold out.
    • Milton
      But if this twig be made of wood
      That will hold tack, I'll make the fur
      Fly 'bout the ears of that old cur;
      And th' other mungrel vermin, Ralph,
      That brav'd us all in his behalf.
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