"sit on a tack" meaning in English

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          "text": "I don't care what he thinks! He can just sit on a tack!",
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          "text": "\"Go sit on a tack!\" she said, angrily.",
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          "ref": "1920, E. J. Rath, “The Brains of the Family”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 71, number 2, page 281:",
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          "text": "And if the Devil doesn't like it, he can sit on a tack!",
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          "text": "\"You can sit on a tack!\" He wanted to say it bad.",
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          "text": "\"You can sit on a tack,\" Harry fired back, then laughed, and Susan laughed with her.",
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