bodkin /ˈbɒdkɪn/noun 6adverb 1forms 1 noun6 •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. — 2017 •A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections. •A dagger.When he himselfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin? — 1599 •A type of long thin arrowhead. •A hairpin. adverb1 •Closely wedged between two people.He's too big to travel bodkin between you and me. — 1847 formsbodkins
