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bodkin

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As a noun, bodkin means a small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather. As an adverb, it means closely wedged between two people.

Meanings of bodkin

9 meanings

noun

  1. A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.

  2. A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.

  3. A hairpin.

  4. A dagger.

  5. A type of long thin arrowhead.

  6. printingA sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters letters from a column or page in making corrections.

  7. A dagger with a slender blade

    Similar: poniard
  8. Formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head

adverb

  1. Closely wedged between two people.

    “to sit bodkin”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a dagger with a slender blade
noun: a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
threader

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