Bodkin Definition

bŏdkĭn
noun
A pointed instrument for making holes in cloth.
Webster's New World
A thick, blunt needle for drawing ribbon or tape through a hem, etc.
Webster's New World
A long, ornamental hairpin.
Webster's New World
A dagger or stiletto.
Webster's New World
An awl or pick for extracting letters from set type.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adverb
Closely wedged between two people.
To sit bodkin; to travel bodkin.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bodkin

Noun

Singular:
bodkin
Plural:
bodkins

Origin of Bodkin

  • From Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), apparently from *boyde, *boide (of unknown origin) +‎ -kin. Cognate with Scots botkin, boitkin, boikin (“bodkin”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English boidekin of unknown origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bodkin Sentence Examples

  • The copper bodkin is found in S.D.

  • The Eskimo woman did not weave, but was expert in sewing and embroidering with sinew thread by means of a bodkin.

  • All textile work was done by hand; the only devices known were the bark peeler and beater, the shredder, the flint-knife, the spindle, the rope-twister, the bodkin, the warp-beam and the most primitive harness.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOD

Words Ending With

NINKIN

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

Starts With B & Ends With NStarts With BO & Ends With NStarts With B & Ends With IN

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With N