bodkin
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1. bodkin - Noun
2. bodkin - Adverb
3. Bodkin - Proper noun
Meaning
An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
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.
A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
See Baudekin.
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To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin.
Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9 * William Arthur (1797–1875), born in Ballymena, noted antiquitarian and Baptist clergyman in the United States.
In 2011, Mike Loades conducted an experiment in which short bodkin arrows were shot at a range of convert by bows of convert.
Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9 On the other hand, expert evidence is often the most important component of many civil and criminal cases today.
The Maud S. Sherwood Elementary School community came together at the Bayberry Beach and Tennis Club last Friday evening to honor the memory of a beloved music teacher, Maureen Shutt Bodkin, who had passed away unexpectedly.
Van der Kiste, p. 158 Hervey and Frederick (using a pseudonym "Captain Bodkin") wrote a theatrical comedy together which was staged at the Drury Lane Theatre in October 1731.