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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 meaningsnoun
A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
A hairpin.
A dagger.
A type of long thin arrowhead.
printingA sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters letters from a column or page in making corrections.
A dagger with a slender blade
Similar: poniardFormerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
adverb
Closely wedged between two people.
“to sit bodkin”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).