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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
1350–1400; Middle English badeken, bo(i)dekyn, of uncertain origin
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bodkin
late 14c., boydekin, of unknown origin. The ending suggests a dim. form, and Celtic has been suggested as the source of the root.
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