Definition of bodkins Bodkins

/bɑˈdkɪnz/ - [badkinz] -

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What does bodkins mean?

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Noun Plural: bodkins
bodkin - a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
		threader
		hand tool a tool used with workers' hands
bodkin - a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
bodkin - formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
bodkin - a dagger with a slender blade
		poniard
		dagger, sticker a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

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bodkin (Noun)
A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
bodkin (Noun)
A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
bodkin (Noun)
A hairpin.
bodkin (Noun)
A dagger.
bodkin (Noun)
A type of arrowhead.

bodkin (n.)
A dagger.
bodkin (n.)
An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
bodkin (n.)
A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
bodkin (n.)
A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.
bodkin (n.)
A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
bodkin (n.)
See Baudekin.

bodkin
bod′kin, n. a small dagger: a small instrument for pricking holes or for dressing the hair: a large blunt needle.—To sit, or ride, bodkin, to be wedged in tight between two others. [Prob. conn. with W. bidog, a dagger.]

bodkin
A dirk or dagger, a word still in use, though Johnson says it is the oldest acceptation of it. It is the bodekin of Chaucer; and Shakspeare makes Hamlet ask who would bear the ills of life, "When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?"