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bodkin
[
bod
-kin
]
Origin
bod·kin
/
ˈbɒd
kɪn
/
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[
bod
-kin
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
2.
a long pinshaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.
3.
a
blunt
, needlelike instrument for drawing tape, cord, etc., through a loop, hem, or the like.
4.
Obsolete
.
a small dagger; stiletto.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
badeken, bo
(
i
)
dekyn,
of uncertain origin
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World English Dictionary
bodkin
(ˈbɒdkɪn)
—
n
1.
a blunt large-eyed needle used esp for drawing tape through openwork
2.
archaic
a dagger
3.
printing
a pointed steel tool used for extracting characters when correcting metal type
4.
archaic
a long ornamental hairpin
[C14: probably of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic
biodag
dagger]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
bodkin
late 14c., boydekin, of unknown origin. The ending suggests a dim. form, and Celtic has been suggested as the source of the root.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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