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bod·kin (bäd′kin)

noun

  1. Obsolete a dagger or stiletto
  2. a pointed instrument for making holes in cloth
  3. a long, ornamental hairpin
  4. a thick, blunt needle for drawing ribbon or tape through a hem, etc.

Etymology: ME boidekyn, bodekin < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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