tacks|man

tacks|man
tacks|man «TAKS muhn», noun, plural -men.
Scottish. a person who holds a tack or lease of land from another; a tenant or lessee: »

His grandfather, Malcolm, was “tacksman” of a farm…at the extreme north of the island (Sunday Times).

[< tack's (possessive of tack3) + man]

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