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Noun
/ˈbädkin/,
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bodkins, plural;
  1. A blunt, thick needle with a large eye used esp. for drawing tape or cord through a hem

  2. A small pointed instrument used to pierce cloth or leather

  3. A long pin used for fastening hair

  4. A pointed tool used for removing pieces of metal type for correction

  1. poniard: a dagger with a slender blade
  2. formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
  3. a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
  4. a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
  5. A sewing needle is a long slender tool with a pointed tip. The first needles were made of bone or wood; modern ones are manufactured from high carbon steel wire, nickel- or gold plated for corrosion resistance. ...
  6. (bodkins) Flat needles, sometimes used for sewing ribbon or for decorative purposes.
  7. A medieval type of arrowhead designed to shoot through protective chainmail or armour usually worn by Knights.
  8. This is a long, thick needle with a ballpoint end and a large, elongated eye. They can be flat or round and are generally used for threading elastic, ribbon or tape through casings and lace openings.
  9. A pointed tool used to pierce holes, usually in textiles.
  10. A strong and short point of steel fixed in a wooden handle, for making the holes through the mill-boards. The slips upon the back of the book are laced through the holes for attaching the millboard to the book.
  11. a dagger; also a long pin or needle-shaped instrument for fastening clothing or pinning up hair.
  12. (n): (1) pin or pin-shaped ornament used to fasten women's hair; also a short pointed weapon, dagger. FS (Ham); Golding Ovid; Lyly Sapho, Endymion, Midas, Bombie, Pappe; Sidney Arcadia; Nashe Absurdity; (anon.) Arden; Marston, Chapman, Jonson Eastward Ho.
  13. blunt needle that is used to pull ribbon, cord or elastic through an       enclosed space such as a casing
  14. A bodkin is a tool best described as a needle with a handle. It can be easily made from a piece of wooden dowling and a needle. It is used in fly tying used to deposit cement or lacquer to a fly.
  15. A type of arrow head for piercing armour.
  16. A bodkin is a heavily jeweled, Renaissance era hairpin.
  17. A great little notion used for pulling elastic or drawstrings through casings.