bodkin
Collocations
4ADJ.
bare, big, blunt, known, large, long
VERB + BODKIN
digging, sit, travel, walk
BODKIN + NOUN
finger, solution
PREP.
between, into, with
Definitions
noun
A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
As with compulsory Sunday worship, death for blasphemy was for the third offence. A bodkin, a large blunt needle, was thrust through the tongue for the second offence.
A hairpin.
A rich, flushed colour—large black eyes—teeth that shone from their brilliant whiteness—a slender shape—and most minute feet, in such little shoes of Cordova leather—a silver chain round her neck, to which hung a medal of the Madonna—a dark-brown boddice and short skirt, relieved by a lacing of scarlet riband—long black hair, bound in one large plait round the head, and fastened by a silver bodkin.
A dagger.
When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?
And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]
A type of long thin arrowhead.
adv
Closely wedged between two people.
to sit bodkin
He's too big to travel bodkin between you and me.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
noun — a dagger with a slender blade
- poniard
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6As with compulsory Sunday worship, death for blasphemy was for the third offence. A bodkin, a large blunt needle, was thrust through the tongue for the second offence.
WiktionaryA rich, flushed colour—large black eyes—teeth that shone from their brilliant whiteness—a slender shape—and most minute feet, in such little shoes of Cordova leather—a silver chain round her neck, to
WiktionaryWhen he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?
Wiktionaryto sit bodkin
WiktionaryHe's too big to travel bodkin between you and me.
WiktionaryEither he must come between us and be what is known as bodkin, or some one must get out and walk; and the bodkin solution not commending itself to me it was plain that if some one walked it must be my
Wiktionary