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bodkins

[bod-kin]

noun

a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.

a long pinshaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.

a blunt, needlelike instrument for drawing tape, cord, etc., through a loop, hem, or the like.

Obsolete. a small dagger; stiletto.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English badeken, bo(i)dekyn, of uncertain origin

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Bodkins is always a great word to know.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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