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Bodkin   /bˈɑdkɪn/   Listen
Bodkin

noun
1.
A dagger with a slender blade.  Synonym: poniard.
2.
Formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head.
3.
A small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric.
4.
A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops.  Synonym: threader.





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"Bodkin" Quotes from Famous Books



... wonder of the transportation world, the winged victory of the roads. Don't let your head swell, James. Better keep it solid bone than have it turn into a toy balloon; because the latter can be pricked with a bare bodkin." ...
— Mixed Faces • Roy Norton
... returned. She had covered her white dress with a mantle of brown linen and over her head she wore a wimple of the same material. Her hair had been coiled and secured with a bodkin. When she put her hand under the wimple and drew it across her mouth, only her fair skin and blue eyes distinguished her from any other Egyptian lady ...
— The Yoke - A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children - of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt • Elizabeth Miller


Words linked to "Bodkin" :   sticker, hand tool, dagger, hairpin


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